CLINICAL CASE OF TRANSTHYRETIN AMYLOIDOSIS WITH HEART, PLEVURE AND KIDNEY INVOLVEMENT
- Authors: Ivanova M.I1, Bolduyeva S.A1, Ikonnikov P.P2
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Affiliations:
- FSBEI HE “NWSMU n.a. I.I. Mechnikov" of RMH
- SPbSBHCI “City Multiprofile Hospital № 2"
- Issue: No 10 (2017)
- Pages: 58-60
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/2073-4034/article/view/289890
- ID: 289890
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Abstract
The article presents a case of systemic amyloidosis with heart (cardiomyopathy), pleura and kidney involvement in a 73-year-old female patient, in which the amyloid precursor protein was transthyretin, normally transporting thyroxine and retinol. The leading clinical manifestation of the disease was treatment-resistant hydrothorax. There is no information on the effective treatment of transthyretine amyloidosis in the literature. 8 months after the establishing diagnosis and 22 months after the appearance of the first clinical manifestations of the disease, the patient died from progressive cardiopulmonary insufficiency.
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About the authors
M. I Ivanova
FSBEI HE “NWSMU n.a. I.I. Mechnikov" of RMH
Email: ivanovamariaig@mail.ru
PhD, Associate Professor at the Department of Faculty Therapy
S. A Bolduyeva
FSBEI HE “NWSMU n.a. I.I. Mechnikov" of RMH
P. P Ikonnikov
SPbSBHCI “City Multiprofile Hospital № 2"
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