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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
Volume 15, 2008 - Issue 2
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Letter to the Editor

AL amyloidosis with spontaneous hepatic rupture: successful treatment by transcatheter hepatic artery embolization

Dr Ko-Suke Naito Departments of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology)Correspondence[email protected]
,
Takashi Ichiyama Departments of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology)
,
Satoshi Kawakami Radiology, Shinshu University of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
,
Masumi Kadoya Radiology, Shinshu University of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
,
Takahiro Tabata Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata Rosai Hospital, Japan
,
Masayuki Matsuda Departments of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology)
&
Shu-Ichi Ikeda Departments of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology)
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Pages 137-139 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

A 42-year-old male patient with primary AL amyloidosis experienced spontaneous hepatic rupture, producing diffuse widespread intrahepatic hemorrhage. Transcatheter hepatic artery embolization saved his life. Hepatic rupture infrequently develops in patients with systemic amyloidosis, but survival after this complication is rare because surgical treatments seldom succeed. Non-invasive emergent transcatheter embolization should be considered for hepatic rupture caused by massive deposits of amyloid.

Abbreviations
AL amyloidosis=

immunoglobulin light chain-derived amyloidosis

Abbreviations
AL amyloidosis=

immunoglobulin light chain-derived amyloidosis

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