Ulcerative colitis associated with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis.
- Author:
Sang Heun SONG
1
;
Sung Il KIM
;
Ihm Soo KWAK
;
Soon Kew PARK
;
Ha Yeon RHA
;
Chang Hoon LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea. ssh-anm@daum.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Rheumatoid arthritis;
Ssecondary amyloidosis
- MeSH:
Amyloid;
Amyloidosis;
Antirheumatic Agents;
Arthralgia;
Arthritis, Rheumatoid*;
Biopsy;
Colitis, Ulcerative*;
Edema;
Female;
Humans;
Kidney;
Middle Aged;
Proteinuria;
Ulcer*
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
1999;57(6):1061-1065
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a case of a 47 years old woman who had secondary renal amyloidosis due to rheumatoid arthritis. She admitted our hospital due to generalized edema, weakness and polyarthralgia, and had been diagnosed as having rheumatoid atrthritis and treated irregularly with anti-rheumatic drugs for 3 years. She had nephrotic range proteinuria (24 hour urine protein was 3.8 gm/day), hypoallbuminemia and pitting edema on both lowers. In kidney biopsy, amyloid (AA type) was deposited in renal glomerular, tubule and vessel walls. We diagnosed secondary renal amyloidosis.
