Amyloidosis of the gastrointestinal tract and liver

OW Cummings, MD Benson - Amyloid and Related Disorders: Surgical …, 2015 - Springer
… , the primary manifestation of amyloid in the liver and GI tract is … case of transthyretin (TTR)
mutation-type amyloid with only … (b) A higher power view of TTR amyloid in the portal tract …

[HTML][HTML] Gastrointestinal tract amyloidosis presenting with pneumatosis intestinalis

V Raghunathan, D Louis, B Wirk - Journal of Clinical Medicine …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… intestinalis due to gastrointestinal amyloidosis, which is a rare manifestation of systemic …
Hereditary mutated transthyretin ATTRm amyloidosis affects the peripheral and autonomic …

Delayed small bowel octreotide response in patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis

W Jonas, O Suhr, P Karling, G Lindberg - Orphanet Journal of Rare …, 2015 - Springer
Gastrointestinal (GI) complications such as constipation, diarrhea and gastroparesis are
common in hereditary transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis. The … of GI symptoms, PND score or TTR

[HTML][HTML] Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: a case report

A Lee, NM Fine, V Bril, D Delgado, C Hahn - Journal of Medical Case …, 2022 - Springer
GI and mild neurologic symptoms, leading … amyloidosis-related neuropathy. Genetic testing
confirmed a Val30Met mutation of the TTR gene consistent with hereditary TTR amyloidosis (…

Gastrointestinal Amyloid Screening Study (GASS): is screening for amyloid in the gastrointestinal tract useful?

R Khedraki, J El-Roumi, D Allende, L Ives, A Garber… - Amyloid, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
… , immunoglobulin light- chain (AL) and transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR), lead to … detect GI
amyloid deposits in patients presenting with GI symptoms characteristic in systemic amyloidosis

[PDF][PDF] Risk of transmission of systemic transthyretin amyloidosis after domino liver transplantation

L Lladó, C Baliellas, C Casasnovas, I Ferrer… - Liver …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
… Electromyography (EMG) showed signs of mild sensorimotor … with EMG signs of polyneuropathy
showed amyloid deposits … , the presence of amyloid deposits in the gastrointestinal tract …

Clinical recognition of Al type amyloidosis of the luminal gastrointestinal tract

DG James, GR Zuckerman, GS Sayuk, HL Wang… - Clinical …, 2007 - Elsevier
Gastrointestinal symptoms or signs related to amyloid involvement were noted in 95% of
patients; abdominal pain, change in bowel habits, overt gastrointestinaltransthyretin (TTR); and …

Assessment of patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis–understanding the impact of management and disease progression

I Conceição, T Coelho, C Rapezzi, Y Parman, L Obici… - Amyloid, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
transthyretin (ATTRv) amyloidosis is a rare and devastating disease resulting from extracellular
deposition of amyloid fibrils formed by transthyretin (TTR), … Gastrointestinal symptoms are …

[PDF][PDF] Hereditary ATTR amyloidosis: burden of illness and diagnostic challenges

MA Gertz - Am J Manag Care, 2017 - ajmc.s3.amazonaws.com
… well as other symptoms, such as GI manifestations.Generally, symptoms of hATTR amyloido…
All patients with suspected mutated TTR amyloidosis should have a pyrophosphate or DPD …

Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: clinical presentation and management updates

C Schwartzlow, M Kazamel - Journal of clinical neuromuscular …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
… bowel syndrome with marked gastrointestinal symptoms and hypertensive … manifestations.
There are several red flags that should lead the clinician to consider hATTR amyloidosis in …