Colchicine Therapy in Primary Amyloidosis of the Bladder: A Case Report
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 142 (6) , 1570-1571
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)39168-1
Abstract
A patient with diffuse localized amyloidosis of the bladder was considered for cystectomy because of intractable gross hematuria. Oral colchicine (2 mg. daily) was commenced and 4 years later the patient was asymptomatic with minimal evidence of amyloidosis cystoscopically.Keywords
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