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Figure 2. Primary amyloidosis in a 75-year-old man with end-stage renal disease and autonomic neuropathy who presented with hematemesis and esophagitis. Axial computed tomographic (CT) image obtained after oral administration of contrast material shows circumferential thickening of the esophageal wall (arrow). Endoscopic biopsy showed diffuse involvement by amyloid.