AMYLOIDOSIS SECONDARY TO RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH PLEXIFORM CHANGE IN BILATERAL TEMPORAL LOBES

Authors
MATSUKI Y SUZUKI K TANAKA N HIROSE T HOSOAI K KAWAKAMI M ISHIZUKA T KAWAGUCHI Y HIDAKA T NAKAMURA H
Citation
Y. Matsuki et al., AMYLOIDOSIS SECONDARY TO RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH PLEXIFORM CHANGE IN BILATERAL TEMPORAL LOBES, Internal medicine, 33(12), 1994, pp. 764-767
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09182918
Volume
33
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Pages
764 - 767
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(1994)33:12<764:ASTRAW>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A 70-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and secondary amylo idosis presented repeated consciousness loss. The pathological finding s at autopsy revealed multi-organic deposits of amyloid A-protein and so-called 'plexiform change' of blood vessels in bilateral temporal lo bes. The arterial plexiform change, which is found in the lung specime n of primary pulmonary hypertension, might be a new pathological cereb rovascular change associated with RA.