A case of protein-losing gastroenteropathy caused by systemic AA amyloidosis secondary to undifferentiated carcinoma of unknown primary origin

We report the case of a 61-year-old woman with Kartagener syndrome who presented with a 3-month history of chronic watery diarrhoea and severe hypoalbuminaemia. Histopathological examination of duodenum and large intestine biopsies showed amyloid A (AA) amyloid deposition. Scintigraphy and alpha-1 a...

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Autores principales: Shiroshita, Akihiro, Uegami, Wataru, Otsuki, Ayumu, Nakashima, Kei, Sunagawa, Keishin, Fukuoka, Junya, Kami, Shota, Saito, Ayumi, Aoshima, Masahiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6688888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31398725
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omz074

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6688888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31398725
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omz074

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