title: A rare cause of lower GI bleeding.
abstract: The authors present a rare case of lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleed due to GI amyloidosis secondary to multiple myeloma. A 79-year-old lady who presented with bloody diarrhoea for 4 weeks. Flexible sigmoidoscopy showed slight oedematous mucosa extending up to the sigmoid colon. CT abdomen showed lytic lesions in the vertebral bodies. 24 h protein analysis and serum electrophoresis suggestive of multiple myeloma, which was confirmed with bone marrow biopsy, revealed plasma cell myeloma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Scarborough General Hospital, North Yorkshire, UK. waleed1280@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waleed
authors.forename: A Mohamed
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Othman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Saraj
authors.forename: Sathish
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morgan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000209:etiology*