ISSN:
1432-198X
Keywords:
Amyloidosis
;
Subacute bacterial endocarditis
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Survival of patients with increasingly complex congenital heart disease has produced a population of children and adolescents who are susceptible to subactue bacterial endocarditis (SBE). We report a child whose endocarditis went unrecognised, and who developed amyloidosis. Asymptomatic proteinuria, haematuria and renal impairment are occasionally seen in SBE and usually indicate glomerulonephritis. Amyloidosis should also be suspected in children with long-standing bacterial endocarditis with proteinuria or other evidence of renal impairment, especially if associated with organomegaly. The diagnosis is made by renal biopsy.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00858963
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