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Abdominal visceral calcification in secondary amyloidosis: CT findings
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160-7234.
Abdominal Imaging
|November 1, 1994
Abstract:
Amyloid fibrils have an affinity for calcium, and radiographically detectable calcified amyloid deposits may occur in both primary and secondary amyloidosis. However, abdominal visceral calcification is rare. A patient with secondary amyloidosis due to juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is described who developed extensive liver, adrenal, and renal calcification shown by computed tomography. Adrenal calcification in amyloidosis has not been previously described.