Gastrointestinal: A rare cause of bloody diarrhea-Gastrointestinal amyloidosis

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Dec;31(12):1913. doi: 10.1111/jgh.13440.

Authors

S F Sze¹, Pwy Lam², Y S Lam¹, H W Liu¹, W Y Mak¹, T W Lam¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
² Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

PMID: 27164490
DOI: 10.1111/jgh.13440

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Amyloidosis / complications*
Amyloidosis / diagnosis
Amyloidosis / immunology
Biomarkers / blood
Biomarkers / urine
Biopsy
Bone Marrow Examination
Colonic Diseases / complications*
Colonic Diseases / diagnosis
Colonic Diseases / immunology
Colonoscopy
Diarrhea / etiology*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
Humans
Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis
Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / blood
Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / urine

Substances

Biomarkers
Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains