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Year : 2021 | Volume
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Systemic amyloidosis: A big masquerade of clinical symptoms with catastrophic consequences
AM Amusat, OO Adebisi, OA Kayode, SO Adebayo, TO Olunuga, O Oke, OO Owoseni, FA Arogundade
Department of Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Dr. A M Amusat Department of Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta Nigeria
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/njhs.njhs_31_20
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A case of a 52-year-old woman presented with non-specific symptoms: generalised weakness, loss of appetite and left leg pain of about a week duration. She later developed nephrotic syndrome, cardiomegaly with arrhythmias, adrenal insufficiency, cutaneous amyloid, with consolidation on chest X-ray and hepatomegaly. She had a renal biopsy that revealed renal amyloidosis. She was treated with thalidomide, bortezomib, methylprednisolone, ranitidine and allopurinol without significant improvement. Amyloidosis is a rare disease that requires a high index of suspicion. She may have responded if she had been diagnosed early, and hence, early diagnosis is a key in successful management.
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