title: [Acute Liver Failure in patient with liver amyloidosis associated to multiple myeloma].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicios de Medicina y Anatomía Patológica, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Santiago, Chile. marceberrios@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berríos
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Armas-Merino
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: Esteban
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Parrochia
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wolff
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G