title: Secondary amyloidosis in the course of idiopathic myelofibrosis.
abstract: Secondary amyloidosis without a known cause, diagnosed antemortem in a patient with idiopathic myelofibrosis, is reported here. This is the first such case, to our knowledge. Amyloid deposits were seen in the bone marrow, renal glomeruli and jejunum. Reasons for investigating for amyloidosis were hypogammaglobulinemia, proteinuria and recurrent diarrhea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, University of Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ferhanoğlu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Erzin
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Başlar
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Tüzüner
mesh_terms: D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000209:etiology; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000209:etiology