• Rev Esp Enferm Dig · Jun 2019

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    Ileal ulcers due to gastrointestinal amyloidosis as an unusual cause of severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding.

    • Javier Lucas Ramos, Marta Abadía Barno, and Álvaro Pezzela Risueño.
    • Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hopital Universitario La Paz, España.
    • Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2019 Jun 1; 111 (6): 493-494.

    AbstractAmyloidosis 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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