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Liver Biopsy-confirmed Primary Hepatic Amyloidosis with Only Jaundice As the Initial Symptom: An Autopsy Case Report

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Amyloidosis causes various symptoms in many organs of the body, but amyloidosis that presents with liver damage alone has never been reported. We treated an 83-year-old man with amyloidosis who… Click to show full abstract

Amyloidosis causes various symptoms in many organs of the body, but amyloidosis that presents with liver damage alone has never been reported. We treated an 83-year-old man with amyloidosis who presented with liver damage alone. The liver damage in this patient was histologically proven to be liver amyloidosis. The administration of bortezomib and dexamethasone was not effective, so he rapidly died of liver failure. An aggressive liver biopsy should be considered when unexplained jaundice is observed.

Keywords: liver damage; biopsy confirmed; amyloidosis; jaundice; confirmed primary; liver biopsy

Journal Title: Internal Medicine
Year Published: 2022

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