title: Echocardiographic diagnosis of systemic AA amyloidosis presenting with acute liver failure.
abstract: We report the case of a 73-year-old man admitted to our hospital for acute hepatic failure. Antemortem diagnosis of systemic AA amyloidosis was made because of typical electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings, in the absence of the classic clinical picture of kidney involvement.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Internal Medicine, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. sergio.morelli@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morelli
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bonfiglio
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galasso
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male