Ewha Med J.  1983 Dec;6(4):381-386. 10.12771/emj.1983.6.4.381.

A Case of Amyloidosis

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.
  • 2Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Abstract

We had experienced one case of amyloidosis, especially involving kidney associated with nephrotic syndrome and liver who was admitted to Ewha University Hospital due to abdominal distension and extremities edema. Diagnozis was made characteristic clinical and histopathologic finding with crystal violet and congo red staining produced green birefringence under polarized light. We sdiscussed this case with review of literatures.


MeSH Terms

Amyloidosis*
Birefringence
Congo Red
Edema
Extremities
Gentian Violet
Kidney
Liver
Nephrotic Syndrome
Congo Red
Gentian Violet
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