Hepatic amyloidosis: a cause of rapidly progressive jaundice

BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jan 9:2018:bcr2017222942. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-222942.

Authors

Mark Ford¹, Benjamin Disney², Veena Shinde³, Sauid Ishaq⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
² Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK.
³ Department of Histopathology, Dudley Group of Hospital, Dudley, UK.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Dudley Group of Hospital, Dudley, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: hepatitis other; liver disease; pathology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Amyloidosis / complications
Amyloidosis / diagnosis*
Amyloidosis / diagnostic imaging
Amyloidosis / pathology
Biopsy
Diagnosis, Differential
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Jaundice / etiology
Liver Diseases / complications
Liver Diseases / diagnosis*
Liver Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Liver Diseases / pathology
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed