Hepatic amyloidosis
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Hepatic amyloidosis
Hepatic amyloidosis is a rare disease that presents as an infiltrative disease involving liver. Amyloidosis is a systemic disease characterized by the extracellular deposition of amyloid protein in many organs. Progressive organ involvement leads to organ malfunction and death usually resulting from renal and/or cardiac involvement. Liver and spleen are major sites of involvement. The wide rang...
متن کاملAcase report of primary amyloidosis with prominent hepatic involvement
primary amyloidosis is a rare disrder wihich is diagnosed by extracellular deposition of proteinaceous material in different organs.in this report,a case of this disease with prominent hepatic involvement is presented.the case is a 63 years old male refered with abdominal enlargement,weight loss,generalized pruritus,anorexia and vague abdominal pain started from six months ago.on physical exami...
متن کاملHepatic amyloidosis--two cases report.
Amyloidosis is classified according to the distribution pattern of amyloid deposition sites and associated diseases. Hepatic amyloidosis is not infrequent, although rarely causes clinical liver disease. We report two cases of amyloidosis diagnosed by liver biopsy. One presented with symptoms related almost to the liver disease, such as jaundice, hepatomegaly and indigestion. Echocardiogram reve...
متن کاملPrimarily isolated hepatic involvement of amyloidosis
BACKGROUND Amyloidosis is particularly difficult to diagnose because the signs and symptoms are subtle. Additionally, there are no specific imaging or laboratory tests, except histopathology. Although it is considered to be a systemic disorder, a small portion of cases may be localized. INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE A 54-year-old man presented with nonspecific symptoms (jaundice and back pruritus)...
متن کاملSinusoidal portal hypertension in hepatic amyloidosis.
Hepatic venous catheterisation and transvenous liver biopsy were performed in five patients with hepatic amyloidosis. In three patients, hepatic venous pressures were normal and histological examination of the liver biopsy specimen showed discrete and sparse perisinusoidal amyloid deposits. In the other two, however, the gradient between wedged and free hepatic venous pressures was increased (1...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Hepatology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1738-222X
DOI: 10.3350/kjhep.2011.17.1.80