title: [Renal amyloidosis complicating Crohn's disease: report of two cases and review of literature].
abstract: Secondary amyloidosis is caused by the extracellular store of the fragment AA of the circulatory protein in serum amyloid-A. It can complicate diseases such as family mediterranean fever, rheumatoid arthritis or Crohn's disease. Renal amyloidosis is a rare but serious complication of Crohn's disease. We report two cases of Crohn's disease associated with a nephrotic syndrome due to renal amyloidosis. It is important to recognize this complication, especially since Colchicine has been proposed as a possible treatment. So, the search for proteinuria seems to be important for an early diagnosis of renal amyloidosis in Crohn's disease.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gastroentérologie, Hôpital universitaire Sahloul, Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Hela
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elloumi
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben Slama
authors.forename: Dalenda
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arfaoui
authors.forename: Mouna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghouma
authors.forename: Souhir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sfar
authors.forename: Salem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ajmi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged