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Gastrointestinal manifestations of amyloidosis: a case of diverticular perforation
S A Patel1, D al-Haddadin, J Schopp
1Section of Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Illinois, Chicago.
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
|April 1, 1993
Abstract:
Amyloidosis is an intriguing disorder. Its clinical presentation usually rests on the organ(s) infiltrated with the amyloid. We report a patient who presented with peritonitis secondary to a perforated large jejunal diverticulum and multiple small bowel diverticula. We believe the diverticula were a direct result of primary amyloid infiltration of the intestine in the antimesenteric location. This is the first reported case of small bowel diverticula caused by amyloidosis.