Year 2019 / Volume 111 / Number 6
Letter
Ileal ulcers due to gastrointestinal amyloidosis as an unusual cause of severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2019.5973/2018

Javier Lucas Ramos, Marta Abadía Barno, Álvaro Pezzela Risueño,

Abstract
Amyloidosis is a chronic multisystem disease that could show multitude of nonspecific symptoms. Gastrointestinal amyloidosis is a very unusual cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding and it does not usually lead the patient to death. We report a case of a 73-year-old woman who presented a severe, refractory lower gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to ileal ulcers due to amyloid deposit.
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Publication history

Received: 13/10/2018

Accepted: 08/11/2018

Online First: 03/06/2019

Published: 07/06/2019

Article Online First time: 233 days

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