Inoue and colleagues report a rare case in which jaundice was the initial symptom and bile duct wall thickening led to the diagnosis of systemic AL-type amyloidosis. The thickened bile duct wall in this case showed characteristic findings on various examinations, which may prove useful to clinicians in the future.
Keywords: amyloidosis; cholangiography; common bile duct; endoscopy; jaundice.
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