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Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology Volume 26, 1997 - Issue 6
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Original Article

Behçet's Disease and Amyloidosis

I. Akpolat Department of Pathology, Ondokuz Mayis University, School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
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T. Akpolat Department of Nephrology, Ondokuz Mayis University, School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
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M. Danaci Department of Radiology, Ondokuz Mayis University, School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
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Y. S. Bariş Department of Pathology, Ondokuz Mayis University, School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
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N. Kaya Department of Gastroenterology, Ondokuz Mayis University, School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
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B. Kandemir Department of Pathology, Ondokuz Mayis University, School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
Pages 477-479 | Received 12 May 1997, Accepted 28 Jul 1997, Published online: 12 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

In this report, we present a patient with BD, amyloidosis and end-stage-renal-disease and discuss the literature on BD and amyloidosis. Forty-four patients with BD and amyloidosis are described in the literature.The type of amyloid fibrils were studied in 27 of this 44 patients and all were AA. The interval between the onset of first symptom of BD and the diagnosis of amyloidosis ranged from one to 27 years. This clinical observation and AA type amyloid fibrils in BD suggest that amyloidosis is secondary to inflammation. Behçet's disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of AA amyloidosis.

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