J Korean Rheum Assoc.
2004 Sep;11(3):297-302.
Frequency Due to Bladder Amyloidosis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Two Cases Reports
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- 1Departments of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea. leesw@daunet.donga.ac.kr
- 2Departments of Diagnostic Radiology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
- 3Departments of Pathology Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
Abstract
- Secondary amyloidosis is characterized by accumulation of an amorphous proteinous material in the various tissue and organs with infectious disease or inflammatory disease. Symptoms of the amyloidosis are variable according to the involved organs. Reactive amyloidosis of bladder in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a rare condition with hematuria in the most cases. However, we report two cases of patients with RA, who have frequency due to secondary amyloidosis of bladder without hematuria. Therefore secondary amyloidosis of urinary bladder should be considered as a possible cause of frequency in patients with long-term RA.
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