title: [Primary amyloidosis with predominant involvement of the heart and gastrointestinal tract].
abstract: The paper describes a postmortem observation of primary cardiovascular AL-amyloidosis first diagnosed by rectal biopsy in a 71-year-old woman. Death occurred due to chronic cardiovascular insufficiency 6 months after disease manifestation.
authors.forename: O N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Kichigina
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Saltykov
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009206:Myocardium / Q000648:ultrastructure