Intestinal pseudo-obstruction due to amyloidosis of the colon in association with an intestinal plasmacytoma.
A case of large bowel pseudo-obstruction due to colonic amyloidosis associated with an intestinal plasmacytoma is described. The association of an intestinal plasmacytoma with massive local amyloid deposition has not to our knowledge been previously reported.
Nicholl
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Department of Surgery, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital North, UK.
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D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D002432:Cecum / Q000473:pathology; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000150:complications*