[Renal amyloidosis: uncommon complication of sickle cell disease].
- Resource Type
- Academic Journal
- Authors
- Hadj Sadek B; Service de Néphrologie-Dialyse et Transplantation Rénale, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Maroc. bahaahadjsadek@yahoo.fr; Radoui A; Al Hamany Z; Benamar L; Bayahia R; Ouzeddoun N
- Source
- Publisher: Institut de Medecine Tropicale du Service de Sante des Armees (I M T S S A) Country of Publication: France NLM ID: 8710146 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0025-682X (Print) Linking ISSN: 0025682X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Med Trop (Mars) Subsets: MEDLINE
- Subject
- Language
- French
- ISSN
- 0025-682X
Type AA amyloidosis is a rare complication of sickle cell anemia. The purpose of this report is to describe the case of a 30-year-old man with heterozygous sickle cell disease who was referred to our unit with nephritic syndrome and microscopic hematuria. Light microscopy on a renal biopsy specimen demonstrated AA amyloidosis. After elimination of other causes, it was concluded that amyloidosis was the result of recurrent acute inflammation secondary to sickle cell disease. To our knowledge, this is the fifth that renal amyloidosis as a complication of sickle cell disease has been described in the literature.