RETROPERITONEAL AMYLOIDOSIS, FACTOR-IX AND FACTOR-X DEFICIENCY, AND GASTROINTESTINAL-BLEEDING

Authors
FIGLER TJ KESHAVARZIAN A NAND S DEMOS TC
Citation
Tj. Figler et al., RETROPERITONEAL AMYLOIDOSIS, FACTOR-IX AND FACTOR-X DEFICIENCY, AND GASTROINTESTINAL-BLEEDING, Abdominal imaging, 21(3), 1996, pp. 266-268
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Abdominal imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
09428925
Volume
21
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
266 - 268
Database
ISI
SICI code
0942-8925(1996)21:3<266:RAFAFD>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A patient with gastrointestinal bleeding due to amyloidosis-related fa ctor X deficiency had extensive calcified retroperitoneal amyloid depo sition that was visible on plain radiographs and then localized by com puted tomography. The radiologic findings were important in arriving a t the proper diagnosis despite negative biopsies.