Gastrointestinal manifestations of amyloidosis.
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Lee, JG; Wilson, JA; Gottfried, MR
Published in: South Med J
February 1994
We reviewed gastrointestinal manifestations in 40 patients with amyloidosis. Gastrointestinal symptoms included anorexia, macroglossia, intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and altered bowel habits. Hepatomegaly was detected in eight patients, but none had clinically significant infiltrative liver disease. Mucosal friability and erosions were common endoscopic findings. Barium enema was noncontributory in the diagnosis of amyloidosis, since colonoscopy disclosed mucosal abnormalities in three of six patients with normal radiographic findings. Rectal biopsy had the highest diagnostic yield, followed by duodenal, gastric, and colonic biopsies.
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South Med J
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ISSN
0038-4348
Publication Date
February 1994
Volume
87
Issue
2
Start / End Page
243 / 247
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- General & Internal Medicine
- Female
- Digestive System
- Colonoscopy
- Amyloidosis
- Aged, 80 and over
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Lee, J. G., Wilson, J. A., & Gottfried, M. R. (1994). Gastrointestinal manifestations of amyloidosis. South Med J, 87(2), 243–247. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199402000-00019
Lee, J. G., J. A. Wilson, and M. R. Gottfried. “Gastrointestinal manifestations of amyloidosis.” South Med J 87, no. 2 (February 1994): 243–47. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199402000-00019.
Lee JG, Wilson JA, Gottfried MR. Gastrointestinal manifestations of amyloidosis. South Med J. 1994 Feb;87(2):243–7.
Lee, J. G., et al. “Gastrointestinal manifestations of amyloidosis.” South Med J, vol. 87, no. 2, Feb. 1994, pp. 243–47. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00007611-199402000-00019.
Lee JG, Wilson JA, Gottfried MR. Gastrointestinal manifestations of amyloidosis. South Med J. 1994 Feb;87(2):243–247.
Published In
South Med J
DOI
ISSN
0038-4348
Publication Date
February 1994
Volume
87
Issue
2
Start / End Page
243 / 247
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- General & Internal Medicine
- Female
- Digestive System
- Colonoscopy
- Amyloidosis
- Aged, 80 and over