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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2021

Borderline Case of TAFRO Syndrome and POEMS Syndrome.

Sho Shibata, Sumie Tabata, Hajime Morita, Tomomi Endo, Naoto Kawasaki, Yoshio Okamoto, Shojiro Inano, Yoko Takiuchi, Akiko Fukunaga, Toshiyuki Kitano

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sho ShibataDepartment of Hematology, Tazuke Kofukai, Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Japan.
Sumie TabataDepartment of Hematology, Tazuke Kofukai, Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Japan.
Hajime MoritaDepartment of Nephrology, Tazuke Kofukai, Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Japan.
Tomomi EndoDepartment of Nephrology, Tazuke Kofukai, Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Japan.
Naoto KawasakiDepartment of Hematology, Tazuke Kofukai, Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Japan.
Yoshio OkamotoDepartment of Hematology, Tazuke Kofukai, Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Japan.
Shojiro InanoDepartment of Hematology, Tazuke Kofukai, Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Japan.
Yoko TakiuchiDepartment of Hematology, Tazuke Kofukai, Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Japan.
Akiko FukunagaDepartment of Hematology, Tazuke Kofukai, Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Japan.
Toshiyuki KitanoDepartment of Hematology, Tazuke Kofukai, Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Japan.
Kitano Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

TAFRO syndrome and POEMS syndrome are lymphoproliferative disorders with elevated interleukin-6 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels; however, their underlying pathogenic mechanisms remain unclear. Similarities have been reported in the pathological findings of the lymph nodes of TAFRO syndrome, Multicentric Castleman disease (MCD), and some cases of POEMS syndrome. However, there is no consensus on the relationship among them. We encountered a case of lymphoproliferative disorder that presented with manifestations of both TAFRO syndrome and POEMS syndrome. This case may be a subtype of idiopathic MCD and will be very important for establishing the disease concept of TAFRO syndrome and POEMS syndrome.

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Castleman DiseasePOEMS SyndromeHumansLymph NodesVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor ACastleman diseaselymphoproliferative disorderPOEMS syndromeTAFRO syndrome

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PMID33328401
PMCPMC8188039
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