title: Pulmonary nodules due to reactive systemic amyloidosis (AA) in Crohn's disease.
abstract: Multiple nodules of AA (reactive systemic) amyloid were identified at necropsy in the lungs of a patient with Crohn's disease. No other organs were involved. Nodular pulmonary amyloidosis is usually caused by deposition of AL (primary) amyloid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Pathology Laboratory, Warwick.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Beer
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology