Journal article
Renal, gastric and thyroidal amyloidosis due to familial Mediterranean fever
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, West), Vol.11(2), pp.210-212
04/01/1997
DOI: 10.1007/s004670050263
PMID: 9090667
Abstract
Chronic renal failure developed in a 10-year-old girl due to renal amyloidosis secondary to familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). During management of the chronic renal failure by hemodialysis and of FMF with colchicine, goiter and hypothroidism were observed. Thyroid fine-needle aspiration and gastric endoscopical biopsies, performed when recurrent abdominal pain could not be controlled, revealed amyloid deposits in both thyroid and gastric tissues. After 6 months' therapy with colchicine and levothyroxine, there was no significant change in the thyroid volume. This is the first case in which gastric amyloidosis secondary to FMF in childhood has been demonstrated. Patients with amyloidosis secondary to FMF who have thyroid enlargement and unexplained gastrointestinal symptoms despite adequate therapy should be evaluated with imaging studies and biopsy examinations. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Renal, gastric and thyroidal amyloidosis due to familial Mediterranean fever
- Creators
- Salih Kavukcu - Dokuz Eylül UniversityMehmet Türkmen - Dokuz Eylül UniversityYasemen Eroglu - Dokuz Eylül UniversityTülay Canda - Dokuz Eylül UniversityKutsal Yörükoglu - Dokuz Eylül UniversityEnis Igci - Dokuz Eylül UniversityAtilla Büyükgebiz - Dokuz Eylül University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, West), Vol.11(2), pp.210-212
- Publisher
- Springer Nature B.V
- DOI
- 10.1007/s004670050263
- PMID
- 9090667
- ISSN
- 0931-041X
- eISSN
- 1432-198X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/1997
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Pancreatology, and Nutrition
- Record Identifier
- 9984691520802771
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