PMID- 18202468
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121002
LR  - 20080118
IS  - 1319-2442 (Print)
IS  - 1319-2442 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 1
DP  - 2004 Jan-Mar
TI  - Secondary Amyloidosis, a Fatal Complication of Behcet's Disease: Three Case 
      Reports.
PG  - 57-60
AB  - Renal amyloidosis (RA) is known to be one of the many complications of Behcet's 
      disease (BD) but its frequency has been often underestimated. In this paper, we 
      report on three cases of RA in a series of 105 patients with BD. RA was 
      clinically suspected in our patients by the presence of edema and/or hypotension. 
      The nephrotic syndrome was present in all of them and one patient had associated 
      renal failure. Renal biopsy showed amyloid deposits type AA in all cases.Our 
      patients received Colchicine at doses of 1 mg per day but with disappointing 
      results. Their prognosis was significantely impaired with our three patients 
      dying at ten years, six months and four weeks after diagnosis of RA. We will try, 
      through this clinical experience and based on the relevant literature to better 
      understand this kind of morbid association.
FAU - Skhiri, Habib
AU  - Skhiri H
AD  - Departments of Nephrology and Internal Medicine, Monastir Hospital, Monastir 
      5000, Tunisia.
FAU - Mahjoub, Silvia
AU  - Mahjoub S
FAU - Harzallah, Olfa
AU  - Harzallah O
FAU - Achour, Abdellatif
AU  - Achour A
FAU - Bouraoui, Samia
AU  - Bouraoui S
FAU - Frih, Ameur
AU  - Frih A
FAU - Dhia, Nasr Ben
AU  - Dhia NB
FAU - El May, Mezri
AU  - El May M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Saudi Arabia
TA  - Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl
JT  - Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of 
      the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia
JID - 9436968
EDAT- 2008/01/19 09:00
MHDA- 2008/01/19 09:01
CRDT- 2008/01/19 09:00
PHST- 2008/01/19 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/01/19 09:01 [medline]
PHST- 2008/01/19 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2004 Jan-Mar;15(1):57-60.