Korean J Med.
2005 May;68(5):576-580.
A case of secondary amyloidosis due to bronchiectasis
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. imfell@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- 2Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- The Amyloidosis represent a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by abnormal extracellular and endothelial accumulation of insoluble proteins. This disorder displays variable clinical symptoms depending upon the involved organ and a diagnosis is rendered through a biopsy of the affected organ, follwed by staining using Congo-red which reveals an apple-green birefringence. We report a case of secondary amyloidosis diagnosed incidentally by endoscopic gastric and sigmoid colon mucosal biopsy in a patient who had history of bronchiectasis and recurrent pneumonia, pseudomembranous colitis and paralytic ileus.
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