Localized gastrointestinal amyloidosis presenting with protein-losing enteropathy and massive hemorrhage

• Bárbara Corrêa ^[1] ; Cristiane Kibune Nagasako ^[1] ; Ciro Garcia Montes ^[1] ; Marlone Cunha-Silva ^[1] ; Maria Aparecida Mesquita ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidade Estadual de Campinas

     Universidade Estadual de Campinas

     Brasil

     
• Localización: Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas, ISSN-e 2340-4167, ISSN 1130-0108, Vol. 109, Nº. 12, 2017, págs. 867-869
• Idioma: inglés
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  • 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 gastrointestinal bleed.