Fatal bronchopulmonary hemorrhage due to unrecognized amyloidosis.
Amyloidosis of the larynx and tracheobronchial tree is usually described as a nonbleeding lesion. However, severe hemorrhage, often fatal, is reported in other organs involved by this disease. A fatal bronchopulmonary hemorrhage was found in a 23-year-old woman unsuspected of having amyloidosis. The possible causes of hemorrhage in this disease are a vessel wall involvement or disturbances of the blood clotting mechanism.
D000328:Adult; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D007861:Lebanon; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D011127:Polyps / Q000473:pathology; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology