A case of amyloidosis of peripheral arteries of the heart and liver in an elderly patient
Varchmin-Schultheiss, K.; Holtz, J.
Beitrage Zur Gerichtlichen Medizin 48: 233-235
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0067-5016 PMID: 2241796 Document Number: 359212
Cases of isolated cardiac amyloidosis and amyloidosis of the liver are seldom mentioned in the literature (Pitkänen et al., 1984). At the autopsy of a 85 years old woman we found a severe common arteriosclerosis, especially of the brain and heart. A pacemaker was regularly implanted. By staining with Kongo red there was histologically shown an isolated amyloidosis of the peripheral heart and liver arteries.