title: [Cecum gangrene as a complication of amyloidosis in myeloma].
abstract: It is a report of a rare case of amyloidosis in myeloma with a predominant localization in the caecum wall with the narrowing of blood vessels and a caecum gangrene and peritonitis as complications. Rarity of the case resulted in an erroneous clinical diagnosis and unjustified appendectomy.
authors: V S
authors: VS
authors: Pashkova
authors: L A
authors: LA
authors: Filippova
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D001062:Appendectomy; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002432:Cecum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Gangrena slepoĭ kishki kak oslozhnenie amiloidoza pri mielomnoĭ bolezni.