Intestinal Amyloidosis with Intractable Diarrhea and Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction / 대한소화기학회지
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
;
: 172-176, 2012.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-47304
ABSTRACT
We report herein a case of intestinal amyloidosis with grave prognosis that caused intractable diarrhea and intestinal pseudo-obstruction, alternately in spite of intensive conservative treatment. A 44-year-old woman was admitted for fever, diarrhea, and crampy abdominal pain which had been continuned during 6 months. Abdomen CT scan showed edematous wall thickening of the small bowel and right colon, and colonoscopic biopsy revealed amyloid deposition in the mucosa. Monoclonal light chains in serum and/or urine were not detected and highly elevated serum amyloid A was shown. In spite of intensive treatment including oral prednisolone and colchicine, diarrhea and intestinal pseudo-obstruction developed alternately, general status rapidly got worsened and died after two months.
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Main subject:
Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
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Serum Amyloid A Protein
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Prednisolone
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Colchicine
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Administration, Oral
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Colonoscopy
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Diarrhea
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Tubulin Modulators
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Amyloidosis
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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