Localized gastrointestinal amyloidosis presenting with protein-losing enteropathy and massive hemorrhage
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Localized gastrointestinal amyloidosis presenting with protein-losing enteropathy and massive hemorrhage.
Amyloidosis of the gastrointestinal tract is usually a systemic disease. Localized gastrointestinal amyloidosis without evidence of extraintestinal involvement or an associated plasma cell dyscrasia is uncommon and does not usually cause death. We report a case of a patient with localized gastrointestinal amyloidosis who presented with protein-losing enteropathy and a fatal upper gastrointestin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1130-0108
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2017.5067/2017