Systemic amyloidosis secondary to chronic leg ulcers
Landau, M.; Ophir, J.; Gal, R.; Pras, M.; Brenner, S.
Cutis 50(1): 47-49
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0011-4162 PMID: 1516379 Document Number: 395518
Chronic leg ulcers due to any cause are almost invariably associated with an inflammatory process. As with any long-standing inflammation, leg ulcers may be complicated by systemic amyloidosis, which occurs in rheumatoid arthritis, cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis, and other disorders. There are, however, very few reports on the association between these two conditions. We report a patient with severe leg ulcers of twenty years' duration in whom reactive systemic amyloidosis presented as a nephrotic syndrome.