A case of amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis complicated with Graves' ophthalmopathy

Koichiro KusumotoFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan

Tomoki OriguchiNagasaki University School of Health Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8520, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]

Kiyoshi MigitaFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan

Fumiko TanakaFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan

Taiichiro MiyashitaFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan

Ayumi HidaFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan

Hiroaki IdaFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan

Atsushi KawakamiFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan

Yojiro KawabeFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan

Kiyoto AshizawaFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan

Katsumi EguchiFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan

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Abstract

We report the case of a 73-year-old woman who suffered from amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) complicated with Graves' ophthalmopathy. She had goiter, diplopia, and exophthalmos with polyarthralgia. We diagnosed Graves' ophthalmopathy with thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)-receptor antibodies (TBII and TSAb). The amyloid deposit was detected in her stomach. The complication of Graves' ophthalmopathy in amyloidosis secondary to RA has rarely been reported.

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