Amiloidosis Renal: Reporte de un Caso y Revisión de Tema Renal Amyloidosis: Case Report and Review

A group of rare diseases are called amyloidosis. It is characterized by extracellular fibrillar protein material named amyloid deposit. Renal involvement in systemic amyloidosis is often, giving an unfavorable prognostic, being this one the second death cause in these kind of patients. It aims to show a 55 years old man, hypertensive with a clinical history of 7 months with a progressive edema associated with dyspnea, oliguria and hematuria, reporting nephrotic syndrome in paraclinical patients. The histopathological report reveals accumulation of Congo red coloured material positive in glomerular level and positive iimmune-fluorescence for light chains in mesangial pattern associated with renal Amyloidosis. Amyloidosis is still a challenge for clinical patients. based on its diagnosis and treatment. The prognosis is even worst as more organs are committed. It should be considered that the main cause of death of an amyloidosis patient is cardiac disorders, being renal failure the second cause of death.