Echocardiographic diagnosis of systemic AA amyloidosis presenting with acute liver failure.
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.
Morelli
Sergio
S
Dept. of Internal Medicine, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. sergio.morelli@uniroma1.it
Bonfiglio
Daniele
D
Galasso
Laura
L
D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male