title: Amyloidosis--an unusual case of recurrent intestinal bleeding and sigmoid perforation: case report with review of the literature.
abstract: We describe a patient with recurrent intestinal bleeding and sigmoid perforation due to amyloidosis. Hartmann's procedure was carried out with resection of the diseased sigmoid colon and by performing a terminal colostomy. The postoperative course was uneventful, but the patient died 3 months later of lobar pneumonia and multiple organ system failure.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Department, Hospital of Brunico, Via Ospedale, 11, I-39031 Brunico, Italy. KH.Bruneck@provinz.bz.it
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Thaler
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schatzer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eder
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fichtel
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003125:Colostomy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome