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ArticleCase reports in gastrointestinal medicine2021

Secondary Amyloidosis Presenting as Ischemic Proctitis.

Saad Hashmi, Assad Munis, Ryan T Hoff, Hymie Kavin, Eli D Ehrenpreis

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Article in Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Saad HashmiAdvocate Lutheran General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Park Ridge, IL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7851-6184
Assad MunisAdvocate Lutheran General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Park Ridge, IL, USA.
Ryan T HoffAdvocate Lutheran General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Park Ridge, IL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3866-098X
Hymie KavinAdvocate Lutheran General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Park Ridge, IL, USA.
Eli D EhrenpreisAdvocate Lutheran General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Park Ridge, IL, USA.
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 49-year-old man presented with abdominal pain and rectal bleeding for two days associated with a 50-pound unintentional weight loss. History was notable for hypertension, chronic kidney disease, obesity, gout, and acute cholecystitis status post cholecystectomy. Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis showed rectal wall thickening. Colonoscopy showed proctitis with superficial ulcerations. In the setting of renal insufficiency, malabsorption, and low-voltage QRS complexes on electrocardiogram (ECG), amyloidosis was considered in the differential diagnosis. Rectal and renal biopsies with subsequent retrospective staining of gallbladder tissue confirmed amyloid deposition. Gastrointestinal involvement of amyloidosis is relatively uncommon. Particularly, amyloid deposition in the gallbladder and rectum is very rare. The development of AA amyloidosis in our patient may have been related to gout, obesity, and the presence of a heterozygous complex variant for the MEFV (familial Mediterranean fever) gene. Awareness of this atypical presentation of amyloidosis is important, as additional staining of biopsy samples is necessary, and diagnosis allows for directed treatment.

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