title: A case of amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis complicated with Graves' ophthalmopathy.
abstract: Abstract We report the case of a 73-year-old woman who suffered from amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) complicated with Graves' ophthalmopathy. She had goiter, diplopia, and exophthalmos with polyarthralgia. We diagnosed Graves' ophthalmopathy with thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)-receptor antibodies (TBII and TSAb). The amyloid deposit was detected in her stomach. The complication of Graves' ophthalmopathy in amyloidosis secondary to RA has rarely been reported.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine , Nagasaki , Japan.
authors.forename: Koichiro
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authors.lastname: Kusumoto
authors.forename: Tomoki
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authors.lastname: Origuchi
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
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authors.lastname: Migita
authors.forename: Fumiko
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authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Taiichiro
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authors.lastname: Miyashita
authors.forename: Ayumi
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authors.lastname: Hida
authors.forename: Hiroaki
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authors.lastname: Ida
authors.forename: Atsushi
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authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: Yojiro
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authors.lastname: Kawabe
authors.forename: Kiyoto
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authors.lastname: Ashizawa
authors.forename: Katsumi
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authors.lastname: Eguchi