Secondary amyloidosis complicating arthropathic psoriasis.
We report a patient with secondary systemic amyloidosis complicating arthropathic psoriasis. At autopsy amyloidosis was observed in the spleen, kidneys, liver, gastro-intestinal tract, lung, heart, pancreas, adrenal glands, thyroid and gall-bladder in addition to the skin by histological, histochemical and ultrastructural studies. The amyloid deposits in these organs were of amyloid A protein type.
Tsuda
S
S
Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
Maeyama
Y
Y
Yamamoto
N
N
Sasai
Y
Y
Yoshida
K
K
D000328:Adult; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications*; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012867:Skin / Q000648:ultrastructure