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- Title
AA amyloidosis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus: impact on clinical course and outcome.
- Authors
Aktas Yilmaz, Banu; Düzgün, Nursen; Mete, Türkan; Yazicioglu, Levent; Sayki, Müyesser; Ensari, Arzu; Ertürk, Sehsuvar
- Abstract
Secondary amyloidosis (AA amyloidosis) has rarely been described in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We, herein, present a 56-year-old female patient, who developed AA amyloidosis following a 22-year history of SLE. She developed severe mitral regurgitation complicated with chordae tendinea rupture that led to acute congestive heart failure and went on a mitral valve replacement, where no flare symptoms of SLE were present. Three months after the operation, she presented with a nephrotic-range proteinuria, acute renal failure, and severe sepsis. She was found to have new vegetations on replaced valve and multi-organ failure caused her death. Re-evaluation of the excised mitral valve revealed AA amyloid deposition. Post-mortem biopsies from the kidney and bone marrow also revealed secondary amyloidosis.
- Subjects
AMYLOIDOSIS; SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE disorders; PROTEIN metabolism disorders; AUTOIMMUNE diseases
- Publication
Rheumatology International, 2008, Vol 28, Issue 4, p367
- ISSN
0172-8172
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00296-007-0431-5