학술논문
Two types of systemic amyloidosis in a single patient.
Document Type
Letter
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Source
Subject
*AMYLOIDOSIS
*ACUTE phase proteins
*CARDIAC amyloidosis
*CASTLEMAN'S disease
*PROTEIN precursors
*BLOOD proteins
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ISSN
1350-6129
Abstract
The systemic amyloidoses are a group of rare diseases, in which extracellular deposition of a variety of proteins in an abnormal fibrillar confirmation results in life-threatening organ dysfunction [[1]]. SP 123 sp I-labelled serum amyloid P component (SAP) scintigraphy and echocardiography or cardiac magnetic resonance are non-invasive means to map the distribution of amyloid deposits. An SAP scan now showed a large amyloid load with amyloid deposition in the liver and spleen obscuring the kidneys (Figure 1). [Extracted from the article]