Fulminant hepatic failure due to secondary amyloidosis. 2006

S Köklü, and B Odemiş, and C Cengiz, and O Yüksel, and O Usküdar, and N Turhan
Department of Gastroenterology, Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. gskoklu@yahoo.com

Systemic amyloidosis frequently involves liver, however, clinically apparent liver disease is rare and, if observed, is usually mild. Rarely, primary amyloidosis may present with evidence of portal hypertension or hepatic failure. Although secondary amyloidosis may involve the liver and rarely causes liver pathologies such as cholestatic hepatitis and portal hypertension, to our knowledge, hepatic failure due to secondary amyloidosis has been reported once before. Herein, we presented a woman with subacute fulminant hepatic failure who had no known history of a chronic disease other than episodes of urinary tract infection, and secondary amyloidosis was diagnosed with post-mortem liver biopsy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000686 Amyloidosis A group of sporadic, familial and/or inherited, degenerative, and infectious disease processes, linked by the common theme of abnormal protein folding and deposition of AMYLOID. As the amyloid deposits enlarge they displace normal tissue structures, causing disruption of function. Various signs and symptoms depend on the location and size of the deposits. Amyloidoses
D017114 Liver Failure, Acute A form of rapid-onset LIVER FAILURE, also known as fulminant hepatic failure, caused by severe liver injury or massive loss of HEPATOCYTES. It is characterized by sudden development of liver dysfunction and JAUNDICE. Acute liver failure may progress to exhibit cerebral dysfunction even HEPATIC COMA depending on the etiology that includes hepatic ISCHEMIA, drug toxicity, malignant infiltration, and viral hepatitis such as post-transfusion HEPATITIS B and HEPATITIS C. Acute Hepatic Failure,Fulminant Hepatic Failure,Fulminating Hepatic Failure,Hepatic Failure, Fulminant,Liver Failure, Fulminant,Acute Liver Failure,Fulminating Liver Failure,Hepatic Failure, Acute,Failure, Acute Hepatic,Failure, Acute Liver,Fulminant Hepatic Failures,Fulminant Liver Failure,Fulminant Liver Failures,Fulminating Hepatic Failures,Fulminating Liver Failures,Hepatic Failure, Fulminating,Liver Failure, Fulminating

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