[Key words]
Liver failure; Spontaneous splenic rupture; Light chain amyloidosis; Congo red staining
The pathological mechanism for amyloidosis is as follows: Amyloid deposits between the cells in various organs, which may lead to dysfunction of the cells, and eventually cause failure of the affected organs [1]. Amyloid is essentially a protein binding to mucopolysaccharides, which turns blue when exposed to iodine, just the same as starch. It is not tissue or organ specific, and may be found anywhere in the body. Therefore, relevant clinical manifestations are complicated, and easy to be misdiagnosed. There following is a report concerning a case of light chain systemic amyloidosis manifested as liver failure complicated with fatal spontaneous splenic rupture, who was treated in our department.