Year 2017 / Volume 109 / Number 12
Letter to the Editor
A rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient with end stage renal disease: gastric amyloidosis

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2017.5246/2017

Ufuk Kutluana,

Abstract
This letter has two purpose: First, evaluate the correlation between our endoscopic findings of gastric amyloidosis with previous report of Vargas et al. Second, draw attention to the fact that amyloidosis may occur upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
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1. Vargas AA, Carnerero EL, Mercedes NR. et al. Correlation between location of amyloid deposits and endoscopic and clinical manifestations in symptomatic gastrointestinal amyloidosis. Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2015;107(1):49-51.
2. Boyle JM, Johnston, B. Acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with chronic renal diseases. Am.J.Med. 1983;75:409-12.
3. Cowan AJ, Skinner M, Seldin DC et al., Amyloidosis of the gastrointestinal tract: a 13-year, single-center, referral experience. Haematologica, 2013; 98(1): 141–146.
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Received: 07/09/2017

Accepted: 17/09/2017

Online First: 20/11/2017

Published: 04/12/2017

Article Online First time: 74 days

Article editing time: 88 days


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