Intestinal amyloidosis: Two cases with different patterns of clinical and imaging presentation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2566-2570

  Mainenti, Pier Paolo ^a   Segreto, Sabrina ^b   Mancini, Marcello ^a,b   Rispo, Antonio ^b   Cozzolino, Immacolata ^b   Masone, Stefania ^b   Rinaldi, Ciro Roberto ^b   Nardone, Gerardo ^b   Salvatore, Marco ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography computed tomography; Small bowel

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEITIS; INTESTINE AMYLOIDOSIS; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE LYMPHOMA; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALABSORPTION; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEINURIA; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 77953282669     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i20.2566     Document Type: Article

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