title: Spontaneous rupture of the liver associated with amyloidosis.
abstract: Fatal spontaneous rupture of the liver is described in a 46-year-old women with hepatic amyloidosis diagnosed premortem by liver biopsy. An autopsy revealed systemic amyloidosis, with no evidence of an underlying chronic inflammatory condition, infection, or immunocyte dyscrasia. By computerized search, this is only the third reported case of spontaneous rupture of the liver complicating amyloidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Australia.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ades
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Strutton
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Furnival
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Whiting
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous