GI manifestations
Dec 13, 2017
Gastrointestinal (GI) perforation is remarkably rare in patients with light chain (AL) amyloidosis and has not yet been reported in patients with AL amyloidosis…
Sep 19, 2017
Amyloid tends to deposit in the gastrointestinal tract, which, being easily accessible, is often the target organ for a pathological diagnostic examination.…
Dr. John Clarke is a Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Gastroenterology & Hepatology Division at Stanford University where he is also the Director of the…
Nikrad Shahnavaz is an Associate Professor in the Division of Digestive Diseases of the Department of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Shahnavaz…
Gastrointestinal involvement is frequent in systemic amyloidosis. However, amyloidosis can rarely be confined to the gastrointestinal tract or appear as a tumour…
Amyloidosis is a group of disorders that can manifest in virtually any organ system in the body and is thought to be secondary to misfolding of extracellular…