PRIMARY AMYLOIDOSIS WITH SPONTANEOUS SPLENIC RUPTURE, CHOLESTASIS, AND LIVER-FAILURE TREATED WITH EMERGENCY LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION

Authors
SANDBERGGERTZEN H ERICZON BG BLOMBERG B
Citation
H. Sandberggertzen et al., PRIMARY AMYLOIDOSIS WITH SPONTANEOUS SPLENIC RUPTURE, CHOLESTASIS, AND LIVER-FAILURE TREATED WITH EMERGENCY LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION, The American journal of gastroenterology, 93(11), 1998, pp. 2254-2256
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
The American journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029270
Volume
93
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2254 - 2256
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9270(1998)93:11<2254:PAWSSR>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A 61-yr-old man with cholestatic jaundice soon after presentation had an emergency operation because of spontaneous rupture of the spleen. T his was found to be caused by primary systemic amyloidosis, After the splenectomy, the patient deteriorated with liver failure and was succe ssfully treated with liver transplantation. Osteopenic fractures of th e thoracic columna developed after transplantation. Except for this, t he patient is well 18 months after transplantation. (C) 1998 by Am. Ce ll. of Gastroenterology.