title: AL amyloidosis with spontaneous hepatic rupture: successful treatment by transcatheter hepatic artery embolization.
abstract: A 42-year-old male patient with primary AL amyloidosis experienced spontaneous hepatic rupture, producing diffuse widespread intrahepatic hemorrhage. Transcatheter hepatic artery embolization saved his life. Hepatic rupture infrequently develops in patients with systemic amyloidosis, but survival after this complication is rare because surgical treatments seldom succeed. Non-invasive emergent transcatheter embolization should be considered for hepatic rupture caused by massive deposits of amyloid.
authors.forename: Ko-Suke
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichiyama
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: Masumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kadoya
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Shu-Ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikeda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy