Hemodialysis Induced Amyloid Arthropathy of Hip Presenting as Pathological Fracture-A Case Report and Literature Review

Amyloid arthropathy is a recognized complication of chronic renal failure with long term dialysis. The amyloid, a beta 2microglobulin is not filtered by dialysis membrane and remains in the circulation, gets deposited over the synovium, articular bones and cartilage. As a result the large joints l...

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Main Author: Fahad Alshehri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2014-10-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
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Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/5040/10595_CE(Ra)_F(Sh)_PF1(AJAK)_PFA(Sh).pdf