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[Amyloid colitis]
J M Herrera1, J Sáenz de Santa María, J M Pascasio
1Sección de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Infanta Cristina, Badajoz.
Revista Espanola De Enfermedades Digestivas
|August 1, 1991
Abstract:
A patient is reported who had urolithiasis and pyonephrosis of the right kidney. In the terminal phase of his disease he developed chronic diarrhea and hematochezia. Sigmoidoscopy showed changes in the colo-rectal mucosa compatible with ulcerative colitis with moderate activity. Histology demonstrated large amyloid deposits of the AA type in the lamina propia around the vessels and with atrophy and ulceration if the epithelium.