MALABSORPTION SYNDROME DUE TO AMYLOIDOSIS OF THE INTESTINE SECONDARY TO LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY: REPORT OF A CASE
- 1 November 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 53 (5) , 1017-1027
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-5-1017
Abstract
A case of lepromatous leprosy complicated by extensive amyloidosis of the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in the production of a full-blown fatal malabsorption syndrome, is described. Ante mortem diagnosis was established by biopsy of the jejunum, and necropsy studies demonstrated the extensive and diffuse involvement of the gastrointestinal tract and other viscera by amyloid.Keywords
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