Editorial
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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Aug 16, 2011; 3(8): 157-161
Published online Aug 16, 2011. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v3.i8.157
Figure 5
Figure 5 Endoscopic views of amyloid light chains amyloidosis in an 80-year-old woman without multiple myeloma presenting hematochezia. A: Colonoscopy showing a round ulcer in the cecum; B: A patchy yellowish plaque-like infiltrative lesion (arrowheads) relatively normal-appearing intervening mucosae in the transverse colon; C: A tiny submucosal hematoma within pinky plaque-like erythema in the sigmoid colon; D: Biopsy of the colonic lesion showing marked amorphous eosinophilic deposition in the mucosa and submucosa (HE, × 100); E: Congo red staining showing amyloid deposition (× 100). All figures and legends are reproduced from[11] with permission from BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.