title: Dialysis-related amyloidosis revisited.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Dialysis-related amyloidosis occurs secondarily to the deposition of beta(2)-microglobulin. Dialysis-related amyloidosis predominantly involves the osteoarticular system and is clinically manifested by erosive and destructive osteoarthropathies, destructive spondyloarthropathy, and carpal tunnel syndrome. This article illustrates the radiographic, sonographic, CT, and MRI findings of dialysis-related amyloid arthropathies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dialysis-related amyloidosis is characterized by various imaging appearances. In evaluating amyloidosis, MRI provides considerably more information than that obtained from conventional radiographic, CT, and sonographic studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Waid Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland 8037.
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kiss
authors.forename: Gèrald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Keusch
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zanetti
authors.forename: Tarzis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Albin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schocke
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jaschke
authors.forename: Benedikt V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Czermak
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*