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Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Occurring Shortly after mRNA SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine.

Christian Hoffmann, Thomas Wechselberger, Heinz Drexel, Susanne Dertinger, Stefan Dirnhofer, Sheila K Pierson, David C Fajgenbaum, Andreas Kessler

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Article in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Christian HoffmannICH Study Center Hamburg, 20095 Hamburg, Germany.
Thomas WechselbergerDepartment of Hematology, Oncology, Palliative Medicine, Hemostaseology, Provincial Hospital Bregenz, 6900 Bregenz, Austria.
Heinz DrexelDepartment of Hematology, Oncology, Palliative Medicine, Hemostaseology, Provincial Hospital Bregenz, 6900 Bregenz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-4677-9756
Susanne DertingerDepartment of Pathology, Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, 6800 Feldkirch, Austria.
Stefan DirnhoferDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Schoenbeinstr. 40, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Sheila K PiersonDepartment of Medicine, Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19019, USA.
David C FajgenbaumDepartment of Medicine, Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19019, USA.
Andreas KesslerDepartment of Hematology, Oncology, Palliative Medicine, Hemostaseology, Provincial Hospital Bregenz, 6900 Bregenz, Austria.
University of Pennsylvania · USChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel · DELandeskrankenhaus Feldkirch · ATUniversity Hospital of Basel · CHVorarlberg Institute for Vascular Investigation and Treatment · AT

Funding

FDA HHS R01 FD007632
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease (iMCD) is a potentially life-threatening systemic disease whose complex symptomatology is due to cytokine dysregulation. We, herein, present a case of severe iMCD occurring in a previously healthy young man shortly after mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, responding to interleukin-6 blockade with siltuximab. Six months after the completion of siltuximab, the patient remained without any signs of iMCD or inflammation, indicating a temporal trigger of the disease. This case not only adds to the potential pathogenetic spectrum of MCD, but also extends the clinical picture of potential but rare adverse events following COVID-19 immunization.

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Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman DiseasemRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccinesiltuximabTAFRO syndrome

Identifiers

PMID36298590
PMCPMC9609308
OpenAlexW4306404607

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