HEPATIC AMYLOIDOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS

Authors
GARCIATOBARUELA A GIL A LAVILLA P LARRAURI J PIZARRO A DELASANTA CM LOPEZDUPLA M MARTINEZ P
Citation
A. Garciatobaruela et al., HEPATIC AMYLOIDOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS, Lupus, 4(1), 1995, pp. 75-77
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal",Rheumatology
Journal title
Lupus → ACNP
ISSN journal
09612033
Volume
4
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
75 - 77
Database
ISI
SICI code
0961-2033(1995)4:1<75:HAAWSL>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The association between amyloidosis and systemic lupus erythematosus h as rarely been described. We report a case of a 37-year-old man with a long-standing SLE who developed clinical and laboratory signs of hepa tic dysfunction. A liver biopsy revealed secondary amyloidosis.