Laboratoire d’Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques. Faculté de médecine et de pharmacie, Université Mohamed V, hôpital d’enfants, Rabat, Maroc, Morocco
In this work, we tried to find the clinical and therapeutic features and diagnostic difficulties of amyloidosis in pulmonary tuberculosis. For early diagnosis and timely assessment. To evaluate, in a prospective study, adult patients of pulmonary tuberculosis attending our service with subsequent diagnosis of renal amyloidosis AA constituted study population. Clinical profile of biopsy proven amyloidosis cases was analyzed. There were 13 patients (10 males, 3 females, age range 21
All diseases associated with chronic inflammation, whatever the cause (infection, tumor or inflammatory) may be complicated by amyloidosis. The occurrence of amyloidosis in the development of lupus disease is exceptional. Are there such conditions for this association? We report two cases involving lupus and amyloidosis followed in the Department of Internal Medicine of CHU Ibn Sina Rabat.
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