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Secondary systemic amyloidosis - Symptom
Alternative Names
Amyloidosis - secondary systemic
Symptoms:
- Bleeding in the skin
- Fatigue
- Irregular heart beat
- Numbness of hands and feet
- Shortness of breath
- Swallowing difficulties
- Swollen arms or legs
- Swollen tongue
- Weak hand grip
- Weight loss
Signs and tests:
Tests that may be done include:
- Abdominal ultrasound (may show a swollen liver or spleen)
- Biopsy of skin
- Biopsy of bone marrow
- Blood tests, including creatinineand BUN
- ECG
- Echocardiogram
- Nerve conduction velocity
- Urinalysis
- Reviewed last on: 4/1/2007
- Mark Levin, MD, Hematologist and Oncologist, Newark, NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
References
Goldman L, Ausiello D. Cecil Textbook of Medicine. 22nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 2004.
Kumar V, Abbas AK, Fausto N. Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. 7th ed. St. Louis, Mo: WB Saunders; 2005.
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