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Localized Gastric Amyloidosis that Displayed Morphological Changes over 10 Years of Observation

Authors :
Fumiyoshi Fujishima
Akira Imatani
Taku Fujiya
Waku Hatta
Atsushi Masamune
Nagaaki Katoh
Takeshi Kanno
Yohei Ogata
Kenichiro Nakagawa
Naoki Asano
Kaname Uno
Masahiro Saito
Tomoyuki Koike
Xiaoyi Jin
Yasushi Takahashi
Kiyotaka Asanuma
Tsuneaki Yoshinaga
Source :
Internal Medicine
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, 2021.

Abstract

We herein report an extremely rare case of localized gastric amyloidosis (LGA) with morphological changes during the follow-up. A 71-year-old woman who had a depressed lesion with central elevation in the gastric lower body was diagnosed with LGA. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy at 10 years after the initial examination showed that the lesion had grown and changed morphologically, exhibiting a submucosal tumor-like appearance. Since the lesion was confined to the submucosa, the patient underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection. The final pathological diagnosis was amyloid light-chain (AL)-type LGA. This case may provide useful information regarding the natural history of AL-type LGA.

Details

ISSN :
13497235 and 09182918
Volume :
60
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Internal Medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....1f89c88ceec618ffcc85430269540b08
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.5031-20