Amyloidosis of the small intestine

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled “Amyloidosis of the small intestine.” (Eur J Radiol. 2007 Mar 5). Authors are Kala Z, Valek V and Kysela P, from the Department of Surgery, Faculty Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic. Amyloidosis is a rare disease characterized by forming pathological protein deposits – amyloid – in many organs and tissues. This decreases their functionality. The aim of this small study was to determine, whether the radiological picture of the small intestine involvement in amyloidosis is in some sense specific as sometimes described in literature giving rise to high suspicion for the disease in symptomatic patients. The conclusions were that the diagnosis of amyloidosis must be supported by bioptic examination as it has no pathognomic radiological picture. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.