Dysphagia, sicca syndrome, chronic non-infectious diarrhoea - dominant symptoms of systemic AL amyloidosis

Abstract

The presented case report shows that gastrointestinal symptomatology can be the dominant and sometimes the only clinical manifestation of systemic AL amyloidosis. One should think of this disease, because only early diagnosis can ensure a promising outcome of the treatment.

Keywords

• Dysphagia
• sicca
• syndrome
• chronic
• non-infectious
• diarrhoea
• dominant
• symptoms
• systemic
• amyloidosis