Chronic Diarrhea Due to Intestinal Amyloidosis

摘要: Amyloidosis is a rare disease, when diagnosed it’s incurable and mostly affect over 40 years old male. Diagnostic confirmed if histopathologic stained positive with Congo red evidence of monoclonal protein. Survivals for untreated patients are 13 months in primary amyloidosis but secondary to other chronic disease systemic, survival could be 3-4 years. It can not prevented affected, control the underlying illness prevent progression amyloidosis. We report case 67 year male, who came diarrhea. The stool analysis, there were no negative gram microorganisme found, only food maldigestion fungus infection. Stool analyze from parasitology department found microspore, culture sterile. patient underwent colonoscopy which revealed hyperemis mucosa rectum, sigmoid, descending & transverse colon. From biopsy was concluded intestinal treated symptomatically couldn’t find inflammatory causes problem. Keywords :  secondary  amyloidosis,  chronic  diarrhea, malabsorption,  colonoscopy,  protein electrophoresis