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Systemic Amyloidosis in a Teenage Boy With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Pubmed



Motamed F1 ; Bagherian R1 ; Adalat G1 ; Moradinejad MH1 ; Hajizadeh N1 ; Vasei M2 ; Mehdizadeh M3 ; Rezaei N4, 5, 6
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Source: Acta Medica Iranica Published:2017


Abstract

Systemic amyloidosis is a very rare complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The reported cases of secondary amyloidosis in children with IBD are much fewer than those reported in adults. Herein, a teenage boy with Crohn’s disease is presented who developed nephrotic syndrome due to renal involvement secondary to amyloidosis, whereas the patient was under treatment with corticosteroid and 6-mercaptopurine. To our best knowledge, this is the first reported case of secondary amyloidosis in a teenage Iranian boy with Crohn’s disease. © 2017, Tehran University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.
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