Localized gastric amyloidosis that displayed morphological changes over 10 years of observation

Yasushi Takahashi, Waku Hatta, Tomoyuki Koike, Yohei Ogata, Taku Fujiya, Masahiro Saito, Xiaoyi Jin, Kenichiro Nakagawa, Takeshi Kanno, Kiyotaka Asanuma, Kaname Uno, Naoki Asano, Akira Imatani, Fumiyoshi Fujishima, Nagaaki Katoh, Tsuneaki Yoshinaga, Atsushi Masamune

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Abstract

We herein report an extremely rare case of localized gastric amyloidosis (LGA) with morphological changes during the follow-up. A 71-year-old woman who had a depressed lesion with central elevation in the gastric lower body was diagnosed with LGA. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy at 10 years after the initial examination showed that the lesion had grown and changed morphologically, exhibiting a submucosal tumorlike appearance. Since the lesion was confined to the submucosa, the patient underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection. The final pathological diagnosis was amyloid light-chain (AL)-type LGA. This case may provide useful information regarding the natural history of AL-type LGA.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)539-543
Number of pages5
JournalInternal Medicine
Volume60
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021 Feb 15

Keywords

  • Localized gastric amyloidosis
  • Morphological change

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