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| AA amyloidosis Classification and external resources |
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| ICD-10 | E85. |
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| ICD-9 | 277.3 |
| DiseasesDB | 16 |
| eMedicine | med/3388 |
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:. PMID 17554117.
- ^ "BU".
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