SUBILEUS DUE TO INTESTINAL AMYLOIDOSIS IN A CASE OF LIGHT-CHAIN PLASMACYTOMA

Authors
VERBEKE CS BOHRER MH DORING A LENGFELDER E
Citation
Cs. Verbeke et al., SUBILEUS DUE TO INTESTINAL AMYLOIDOSIS IN A CASE OF LIGHT-CHAIN PLASMACYTOMA, Leber, Magen, Darm, 24(1), 1994, pp. 36
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Leber, Magen, Darm → ACNP
ISSN journal
03008622
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-8622(1994)24:1<36:SDTIAI>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
This report concerns a patient with systemic amyloidosis due to a plas mocytoma, in whom massive amyloid depositions in the small bowel cause d severe diarrhoea and malabsorption. The excessive amyloid deposition s in the lamina muscularis propria of the bowel finally resulted in th erapy-resistant motility disturbance and adynamic sibelius with fatal outcome.