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- Title
A rare cause of AA amyloidosis and end-stage kidney failure: Questions.
- Authors
Taşdemir, Mehmet; Yılmaz, Sezen; Baba, Zeliha Füsun; Bilge, Ilmay
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 14-year-old girl with fatigue, diarrhea, and generalized edema lasting for 10 days. Topics include, referred to the pediatric hematology with a pre-diagnosis of leukemia due to hyperleukocytosis with the nephrotic syndrome; obtaining of peripheric smear with the result of dense myeloid cells; & performing of a kidney biopsy to assess the underlying etiology.
- Subjects
AMYLOIDOSIS diagnosis; NEPHROTIC syndrome diagnosis; ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL radiography; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; CHRONIC kidney failure; CLINICAL pathology; DIARRHEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FATIGUE (Physiology); FUROSEMIDE; LEG; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; PALPATION; KIDNEY failure; ALBUMINS; ENDOSCOPIC gastrointestinal surgery; MEVALONATE kinase deficiency
- Publication
Pediatric Nephrology, 2019, Vol 34, Issue 9, p1533
- ISSN
0931-041X
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1007/s00467-018-4152-7