These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Amyloidosis as cause of severe abdominal symptoms in a young Somali immigrant?].
    Author: Heslinga HT, Hazenberg BP, Peters FT, Elema JD, Steensma JT, van Rijswijk MH.
    Journal: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd; 1993 Mar 27; 137(13):667-72. PubMed ID: 8469300.
    Abstract:
    Extensive deposition of amyloid was detected in the digestive tract of a Somali woman aged 20 yr with abdominal pain, diarrhoea and cachexia. Immunohistochemical characterisation showed that the amyloid protein involved was of the AA type. Elevated levels were also found for serum amyloid A (SAA), an acute-phase protein which is the precursor of AA amyloid. The underlying inflammatory disease was peritoneal tuberculosis. The normalisation of the SAA levels and the recovery of the small intestine during tuberculostatic therapy showed that the tuberculosis was the cause of the enteropathy. This case report highlights the importance of early detection and effective treatment of the underlying inflammatory disease in case of AA amyloidosis.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]