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Echocardiographic diagnosis of systemic AA amyloidosis presenting with acute liver failure
Sergio Morelli1, Daniele Bonfiglio, Laura Galasso
1Dept. of Internal Medicine, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. sergio.morelli@uniroma1.it
Abstract:
We report the case of a 73-year-old man admitted to our hospital for acute hepatic failure. Antemortem diagnosis of systemic AA amyloidosis was made because of typical electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings, in the absence of the classic clinical picture of kidney involvement.
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