Renal amyloidosis as a late complication of Crohn's disease:a case report and review of the literature from Japan

摘要

INTRODUCTION Secondary amyloidosis is a rare but seriouscomplication of Crohn’s disease(CD).Theincidence of the association of secondaryamyloidosis in patients with CD has been reportedto be 0.5%-8% in Western countries.However,in Japan,the number of patients with CDcomplicated by amyloidosis is limited.Thecharacteristics of their clinical manifestations andthe incidence of association are uncertain.Therefore,we report herein a patient with