Cecum gangrene as a complication of amyloidosis in myeloma
Pashkova, V.S.; Filippova, L.A.
Arkhiv Patologii 54(9): 44-45
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-1955 PMID: 1482318 Document Number: 401284
It is a report of a rare case of amyloidosis in myeloma with a predominant localization in the caecum wall with the narrowing of blood vessels and a caecum gangrene and peritonitis as complications. Rarity of the case resulted in an erroneous clinical diagnosis and unjustified appendectomy.
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