A renal transplant recipient with delayed gastric emptying in amyloidosis due to familial Mediterranean fever improved with erythromycin: A case report

Saglam F., Celik A., Cavdar C., Sifil A., ATİLA K., ÇAPA KAYA G., ...More

TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, vol.40, no.1, pp.308-309, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.11.012
  • Journal Name: TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.308-309
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Patients with systemic amyloidosis often have symptoms related to impared gastrointestinal motility due to delayed gastric emptying, which results from autonomic nerve or smooth muscle infiltration with amyloid. There is no current report about gastric delaying secondary to amyloidosis due to familial Mediterranean fever. In this report, we have described a renal transplant recipient with delayed gastric emptying secondary to amyloidosis due to familial Mediterranean fever, which improved with erithromycin treatment.