AA amyloidosis
| AA amyloidosis | |
| ICD-10 | E85. |
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| ICD-9 | 277.3 |
| DiseasesDB | 16 |
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AA amyloidosis is a form of amyloidosis associated with serum amyloid A protein (SAA), an acute-phase protein. [1]
Presentation
The common feature to conditions associated with reactive systemic amyloidosis is long-standing cell breakdown due to chronic inflammatory or disease processes.
Associated conditions
It is associated with chronic inflammatory conditions, including: rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis, tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, chronic osteomyelitis.
Other conditions include Hodgkin disease, renal cell carcinoma.
It can be associated with nephrotic syndrome.[2]
References
- ↑ Lachmann HJ, Goodman HJ, Gilbertson JA, et al (June 2007). "Natural history and outcome in systemic AA amyloidosis". N. Engl. J. Med. 356 (23): 2361–71. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa070265. PMID 17554117.
- ↑ BU.
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