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Localized amyloidosis of the stomach: a case report. 2007

Gianluca Rotondano, and Raffaele Salerno, and Fabio Cipolletta, and Maria Antonia Bianco, and Antonino De Gregorio, and Raffaele Miele, and Antonio Prisco, and Maria Lucia Garofano, and Livio Cipolletta
Division of Gastroenterology, Hospital Maresca, Torre del Greco, Italy. gianluca.rotondano@virgilio.it

We report an unusual case of primary amyloidosis of the stomach in a patient complaining of dyspeptic symptoms. The diagnosis was confirmed histologically and other gastrointestinal site or systemic involvement was ruled out. Uncharacteristic dyspeptic symptoms may hide this rare metabolic disease.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D004415 Dyspepsia Impaired digestion, especially after eating. Indigestion,Dyspepsias,Indigestions
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
D013270 Stomach An organ of digestion situated in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen between the termination of the ESOPHAGUS and the beginning of the DUODENUM. Stomachs
D013272 Stomach Diseases Pathological processes involving the STOMACH. Gastric Diseases,Disease, Gastric,Disease, Stomach,Diseases, Gastric,Diseases, Stomach,Gastric Disease,Stomach Disease
D016099 Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the gastrointestinal tract. Endoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal,Endoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery,Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgical Procedures,Procedure, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal, Surgical,Procedure, Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal, Surgical,Procedures, Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgical,Surgical Procedure, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal,Endoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgeries,Endoscopies, Gastrointestinal,Gastrointestinal Endoscopies,Gastrointestinal Endoscopy,Gastrointestinal Surgeries, Endoscopic,Gastrointestinal Surgery, Endoscopic,Surgeries, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal,Surgery, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal

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