Gastric perforation caused by secondary systemic amyloidosis

Hiroto Yamamoto; Akihiko Yokota; Noriyuki Suzuki; Mitsuhiro Tachibana; Yutaka Tsutsumi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4254

Gastric perforation caused by secondary systemic amyloidosis

Clin Case Rep. 2021 May 24;9(5):e04254. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4254. eCollection 2021 May.

Authors

Hiroto Yamamoto^{1

2}, Akihiko Yokota³, Noriyuki Suzuki⁴, Mitsuhiro Tachibana², Yutaka Tsutsumi^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Medicine Shimada Municipal Hospital Shimada Japan.
² Department of Diagnostic Pathology Shimada Municipal Hospital Shimada Japan.
³ Department of Gastroenterology Shimada Municipal Hospital Shimada Japan.
⁴ Department of Nephrology Shimada Municipal Hospital Shimada Japan.
⁵ Diagnostic Pathology Clinic Pathos Tsutsumi Inazawa Japan.

Abstract

Amyloid A amyloidosis secondary to chronic inflammation involves systemic organs and tissues, including the gastrointestinal tract. In the present case, massive amyloid deposit caused gastric perforation. IgM co-deposition in the glomeruli was another finding of note.

Keywords: IgM co‐deposition; amyloid A; endocrinology and metabolic disorders; gastric perforation; gastroenterology and hepatology; nephrology; systemic amyloidosis.

Publication types

Case Reports