GI AMYLOIDOSIS TREATED WITH MEGADOSES OF IV GAMMA-GLOBULIN

Authors
KRASTEV Z VASSILEV M
Citation
Z. Krastev et M. Vassilev, GI AMYLOIDOSIS TREATED WITH MEGADOSES OF IV GAMMA-GLOBULIN, Hepato-gastroenterology, 41(2), 1994, pp. 204-205
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Hepato-gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01726390
Volume
41
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
204 - 205
Database
ISI
SICI code
0172-6390(1994)41:2<204:GATWMO>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A 50-year-old-man with peripheral edema and muscle cramps without prot einuria as presenting symptoms was found to have hypoproteinemia due t o amyloidosis of the stomach. After failure to control the symptoms wi th diuretics, oral calcium supplement and colchicine, large doses of i ntact gammaglobulin (250 mg/kg bodyweight, total, 3 separate infusions every other day) infused i.v., helped to control the symptoms far mor e than 8 months.