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Systemic Amyloidosis: A Rare Presentation of Mesenteric Angina

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: A 64-year-old man presented with an eight-month history of increasing postprandial epigastric pain and a 15 kg weight loss. Computed tomography of the abdomen, panendoscopy and mesenteric angiography failed to explain the cause of the patient's mesenteric angina. Systemic amyloidosis involving intestinal small vasculature without larger arterial involvement was diagnosed at autopsy after the patient died of an asystolic cardiac arrest. Mesenteric angina without evidence of ischemic enteritis or pseudo-obstruction is a rare manifestation of amyloidosis.

Source: Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

DOI: 10.1155/2002/125806

Authors: Christopher N Andrews, Jack N Amar, Malcolm MM Hayes, Robert A Enns

Institutions: University of British Columbia, St. Paul's Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes

Subfield: Internal Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,100