title: [Seriousness of AL amyloidosis of the digestive system].
abstract: Systemic amyloidosis usually does not spare the digestive tract but its involvement is rarely symptomatic. The clinical manifestations are not specific. We report a 64-year-old patient, presenting with a weight loss related to an AL amyloidosis. The amyloidosis was apparently limited to the digestive tract. We discuss the various presentations of the digestive amyloidosis and we insist on the seriousness of this localization.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne-oncologie, HIA Desgenettes, 108, boulevard Pinel, 69003 Lyon, France. m.pavic@numericable.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pavic
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Camus
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pasquet
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Karkowski
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Galoo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nibaud
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Debourdeau
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D007422:Intestines / Q000473:pathology*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015431:Weight Loss