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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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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 |