Massive hemorrhage and pseudo-obstruction of the small intestine caused by primary AL amyloidosis associated with gastric cancer: report of a case.

Abstract:

:We report a case of AL amyloidosis in a patient diagnosed with early gastric cancer after presenting with massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage and pseudo-obstruction of the small intestine. Primary systemic amyloidosis accounts for 7% of nonhematological malignancies, but very few cases of gastric carcinoma in patients with primary amyloidosis have been described. We performed distal gastrectomy with biopsy of the small intestine in the absence of a diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis associated with early gastric cancer; however, the patient suffered severe postoperative complications secondary to the amyloidosis. Although acute pseudo-obstruction is an uncommon clinical manifestation of AL amyloidosis, the coexistence of both gastrointestinal hemorrhage and pseudo-obstruction of the small intestine should alert the clinician to a diagnosis of gastrointestinal amyloidosis. We discuss the clinical manifestations of primary amyloidosis occurring in association with gastric cancer.

journal_name

Surg Today

journal_title

Surgery today

authors

Iwahashi N,Tame E,Nagasaka T,Furuta M,Nagashima H,Nimura Y

doi

10.1007/s00595-004-2805-6

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-01-01 00:00:00

pages

871-4

issue

10

eissn

0941-1291

issn

1436-2813

journal_volume

34

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