Renal amyloidosis historical perspective

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shaghayegh Habibi, M.D.[2]

Overview

Nicolaus Fontanus was the first to describe amyloidosis based on the result of an autopsy while Rudolph Virchow was the first to intoduce the term amyloidosis.

Historical Perspective

In 1639, Nicolaus Fontanus autopsied a young man who had ascitis, jaundice, liver abscess and splenomegaly and his report has been the first description of amyloidosis.^[1]
In 1854, Rudolph Virchow introduced the term of amyloid as an macroscopic abnormality in some tissues.^[2]

In 1969, Finnish-type familial amyloidosis (FAF) was first described as one of the causes of renal amyloidosis.^[3]

References

↑ Kyle RA (June 2011). “Amyloidosis: a brief history”. Amyloid. 18 Suppl 1: 6–7. doi:10.3109/13506129.2011.574354001. PMID 21838413.
↑ Sipe JD, Cohen AS (June 2000). “Review: history of the amyloid fibril”. J. Struct. Biol. 130 (2–3): 88–98. doi:10.1006/jsbi.2000.4221. PMID 10940217.
↑ Yamanaka S, Miyazaki Y, Kasai K, Ikeda S, Kiuru-Enari S, Hosoya T (April 2013). “Hereditary renal amyloidosis caused by a heterozygous G654A gelsolin mutation: a report of two cases”. Clin Kidney J. 6 (2): 189–93. doi:10.1093/ckj/sft007. PMC 4432447. PMID 26019848.

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[pmid21838413-1] Kyle RA (June 2011). “Amyloidosis: a brief history”. Amyloid. 18 Suppl 1: 6–7. doi:10.3109/13506129.2011.574354001. PMID 21838413.

[pmid10940217-2] Sipe JD, Cohen AS (June 2000). “Review: history of the amyloid fibril”. J. Struct. Biol. 130 (2–3): 88–98. doi:10.1006/jsbi.2000.4221. PMID 10940217.

[pmid26019848-3] Yamanaka S, Miyazaki Y, Kasai K, Ikeda S, Kiuru-Enari S, Hosoya T (April 2013). “Hereditary renal amyloidosis caused by a heterozygous G654A gelsolin mutation: a report of two cases”. Clin Kidney J. 6 (2): 189–93. doi:10.1093/ckj/sft007. PMC 4432447. PMID 26019848.

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