title: End-stage renal disease in a patient with amyloidosis secondary to acne conglobata.
abstract: The clinical profile of a patient with a 15 years' evolution of acne conglobata developing systemic amyloidosis with severe renal involvement is described, and the possible influence of suppurative skin foci surgical excision on the rapid progression to terminal renal failure is discussed. This etiological cause of secondary amyloidosis has rarely been reported as a cause of end-stage renal disease.
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Department Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Naya
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Soria
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quereda
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Orte
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ortuño
mesh_terms: D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology