[Ulcerative colitis and amyloidosis. Presentation of a case and review of the literature].

A case of ulcerative colitis associated with secondary amyloidosis in a 62-year-old man who died from septic shock and pneumonia complicating head injury is reported. Amyloid deposition was incidentally found at autopsy. Proteinuria and hepatomegaly discovered a few days before his death were the only signs of amyloidosis. The postmortem examination showed chronic ulcerative colitis (remitting form) with pseudo-polyps and amyloid deposition in the liver, spleen, pancreas, rectum, adrenals and kidneys. Although secondary amyloidosis complicating with Crohn's disease has been frequently reported, amyloidosis associated with ulcerative colitis has been exceptionally described and only 10 cases have been collected from the literature.