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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2002) 17: 281-282
© 2002 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Case Reports

AA amyloidosis complicating an inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm

Ali Riza Odabas1,, Ramazan Cetinkaya1, Yilmaz Selcuk1, Cemal Gundogdu2, M. Derya Onuk3, Isa Ozbey4 and Unsal Coskun5

1 Department of Nephrology, 2 Department of Pathology, 3 Department of Internal Medicine, 4 Department of Urology Ataturk University, School of Medicine and 5 Department of Radiology, Maresal Cakmak Army Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey

Keywords: computed tomography; inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm; nephrotic syndrome



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Ureteral compromise by periaortic fibrosis secondary to abdominal aortic aneurysm was first described by James [1] in 1935. Subsequently, numerous articles appeared in the medical literature describing similar cases. Inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm (IAAA) is a clinico-pathologic entity that comprises about 5–10% of abdominal aortic aneurysms [2]. Characteristic features of IAAA are excessive thickening of the aneurysmal wall and a dense, inflammatory, fibrotic reaction in the retroperitoneum that incorporates adjacent structures. Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a fibrotic process with progressive encasement and compression of the retroperitoneal region from the renal pedicles to the . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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