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Primary systemic amyloidosis simulating acute idiopathic ulcerative colitis

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An unusual case of primary systemic amyloidosis which simulated acute ulcerative colitis is reported. Some interesting blood findings in the patient and his siblings are presented which suggest that the case was a familial one.

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  1. From the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, USA

    Donald E. Casad M.D. & Jack J. Bocian M.D.

  2. Department of Pathology, Fresno Community Hospital, Fresno, Calif.

    Donald E. Casad M.D. & Jack J. Bocian M.D.

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We are indebted to Dr. Sherman M. Mellinkoff for his kind assistance in performing the glycoprotein and serum-mucoid studies on the patient and his siblings; to Dr. Roger K. Larson, who generously performed the pulmonary-function studies; to Dr. Hollis G. Boren, for obtaining the blood samples from the patient's siblings; and to Mrs. JoAnn Braze, for final preparation of the manuscript and illustrations.

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Casad, D.E., Bocian, J.J. Primary systemic amyloidosis simulating acute idiopathic ulcerative colitis. Digest Dis Sci 10, 63–74 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02235077

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