title: Amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis associated with plexiform change in bilateral temporal lobes.
abstract: A 70-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and secondary amyloidosis presented repeated consciousness loss. The pathological findings at autopsy revealed multi-organic deposits of amyloid A-protein and so-called 'plexiform change' of blood vessels in bilateral temporal lobes. The arterial plexiform change, which is found in the lung specimen of primary pulmonary hypertension, might be a new pathological cerebrovascular change associated with RA.
authors.affiliation: National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hosoai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishizuka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply*