Amyloid vascular disease and contracted kidneys--report of a case with review of literature.
A case of systemic amyloidosis associated with bronchiectasis is presented. At necropsy, contracted kidneys and centrilobular necrosis of the liver were observed. Systemic blood vessels had heavy deposition of amyloid, and the possibility of visceral ischemia and the development of contracted kidneys due to amyloid vascular disease as a pathogenetic relationship, was discussed against the background of a review of the literature.
D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications*; D001344:Autopsy; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D009400:Nephrosclerosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014511:Uremia / Q000209:etiology; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications*