Amyloidosis Secondary to Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated with Plexiform Change in Bilateral Temporal Lobes

Yasunori MATSUKI; Kimihiro SUZUKI; Nobuhiko TANAKA; Tatsuo HIROSE; Kouji HOSOAI; Makoto KAWAKAMI; Toshiaki ISHIZUKA; Yasushi KAWAGUCHI; Toshihiko HIDAKA; Harao NAKAMURA

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.33.764

Yasunori MATSUKI, Kimihiro SUZUKI, Nobuhiko TANAKA, Tatsuo HIROSE, Kouji HOSOAI, Makoto KAWAKAMI, Toshiaki ISHIZUKA, Yasushi KAWAGUCHI, Toshihiko HIDAKA, Harao NAKAMURA

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Yasunori MATSUKI
The Internal Medicine I, National Defense Medical College
Kimihiro SUZUKI
The Internal Medicine I, National Defense Medical College
Nobuhiko TANAKA
The Internal Medicine I, National Defense Medical College
Tatsuo HIROSE
The Internal Medicine I, National Defense Medical College
Kouji HOSOAI
The Internal Medicine I, National Defense Medical College
Makoto KAWAKAMI
The Internal Medicine I, National Defense Medical College
Toshiaki ISHIZUKA
The Internal Medicine I, National Defense Medical College
Yasushi KAWAGUCHI
The Internal Medicine I, National Defense Medical College
Toshihiko HIDAKA
The Internal Medicine I, National Defense Medical College
Harao NAKAMURA
The Internal Medicine I, National Defense Medical College

Keywords: neurological symptom, cerebral infarction, cerebrovascular change

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1994 Volume 33 Issue 12 Pages 764-767

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.33.764

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Abstract

A 70-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and secondary amyloidosis presented repeated consciousness loss. The pathological findings at autopsy revealed multi-organic deposits of amyloid A-protein and so-called 'plexiform change' of blood vessels in bilateral temporal lobes. The arterial plexiform change, which is found in the lung specimen of primary pulmonary hypertension, might be a new pathological cerebrovascular change associated with RA.
(Internal Medicine 33: 764-767, 1994)

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