Hepatic amyloidosis in a patient with chronic liver failure:A case report
作者机构:Department of Infectious DiseasesHanchuan People's HospitalHanchuan 431699Hubei ProvinceChina Department of Infectious DiseasesRenmin Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhan 430060Hubei ProvinceChina
出 版 物:《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)
年 卷 期:2024年第12卷第19期
页 面:3918-3924页
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
基 金:Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province China No.2022CFB120
主 题:Hepatic amyloidosis Rare disease Chronic liver failure Liver biopsy Pathological examination Case report
摘 要:BACKGROUND Amyloidosis is a rare disorder that can be classified into various types,and the most common type is the systemic light chain *** prognosis of this disease is extremely *** general,amyloidosis mainly affects the kidneys and heart and manifests as abnormal proliferation of clonal plasma *** in which the liver is the primary organ affected by amyloidosis,as in this report,are less common in clinical *** SUMMARY A 62-year-old man was admitted with persistent liver dysfunction of unknown cause and poor treatment *** condition persisted,and he developed chronic liver failure,with severe cholestasis in the later stage that was gradually accompanied by renal ***,he was diagnosed with hepatic amyloidosis through liver biopsy and pathological *** Hepatic amyloidosis rarely occurs in the clinic,and liver biopsy and pathological examination can assist in the accurate and effective diagnosis of this condition.