Refractory hematuria from amyloidosis successfully treated by splenectomy

Jian F Ma1, Steven E Coutre, Myriam J Curet

  • 1Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA.

Urology
|May 16, 2006
PubMed

Systemic amyloidosis can result in a coagulopathy that is associated with low levels of factor X. We present a case of intractable, life-threatening hematuria that was successfully managed with activated recombinant human factor VII and splenectomy.