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 gastrointe...

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Main Authors: Bárbara Corrêa, Cristiane Kibune Nagasako, Ciro Garcia Montes, Marlone Cunha-Silva, Maria Aparecida Mesquita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082017001200012&lng=en&tlng=en