title: [Massive gastrointestinal bleeding due to gastric ulcer in a patient with amyloidosis].
abstract: Gastrointestinal amyloidosis may occur as part of the systemic manifestations of primary amyloidosis or in a localized form. The symptoms and signs that may occur are numerous and nonspecific, hampering clinical suspicion when this disease has not already been diagnosed. Gastric ulcers presenting as massive bleeding are an uncommon manifestation of this disease. We report the case of a patient with primary amyloidosis who developed massive gastrointestinal bleeding complicated by an amyloid gastric ulcer. Emergency surgery was required to control the bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, Valladolid, España. noelialcaide@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Noelia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alcaide
authors.forename: César
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Herrero
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barrio
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Atienza
authors.forename: María Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Herranz
authors.forename: Baltasar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pérez Saborido
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez-Miranda
authors.forename: Agustín
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caro-Patón
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000150:complications*