[Acute Liver Failure in patient with liver amyloidosis associated to multiple myeloma].
We report a 67 years old woman admitted to the hospital for the study of a cholestatic jaundice and massive hepatomegaly. On admission, the patient did not have liver failure. During hospital stay, the patient experienced a progressive deterioration of liver function and a monoclonal gammopathy was detected. An IgG Kappa myeloma-was diagnosed. A fine needle liver biopsy disclosed the presence of amyloid. The patient developed acute liver failure and died three weeks after admission.
Berríos
Marcela
M
Servicios de Medicina y Anatomía Patológica, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Santiago, Chile. marceberrios@hotmail.com
Armas-Merino
Rodolfo
R
Franco
Carmen
C
Parrochia
Esteban
E
Wolff
Carlos
C
D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000150:complications
D007074:Immunoglobulin G