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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2023

Case report: A case of acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia associated with TAFRO syndrome.

Yoshitaka Shimada, Yasushi Nagaba, Mako Fujino, Hiroyuki Okawa, Kaori Ehara, Eri Shishido, Shinya Okada, Hiroaki Yokomori

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yoshitaka ShimadaDepartment of Nephrology, Kitasato University Medical Center, Kitamoto, Japan.
Yasushi NagabaDepartment of Nephrology, Kitasato University Medical Center, Kitamoto, Japan.
Mako FujinoDepartment of Rheumatology, Kitasato University Medical Center, Kitamoto, Japan.
Hiroyuki OkawaDepartment of Nephrology, Kitasato University Medical Center, Kitamoto, Japan.
Kaori EharaDepartment of Nephrology, Kitasato University Medical Center, Kitamoto, Japan.
Eri ShishidoDepartment of Rheumatology, Kitasato University Medical Center, Kitamoto, Japan.
Shinya OkadaDepartment of Pathology, Kitasato University Medical Center, Kitamoto, Japan.
Hiroaki YokomoriDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kitasato University Medical Center, Kitamoto, Japan.
Kitasato University Medical Center · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytokine storm caused by the overproduction of inflammatory interleukin (IL)-6 plays a central role in the development of acute inflammation. The extremely rare disease, TAFRO syndrome, progresses quickly. Renal dysfunction, fever, reticulin fibrosis, anasarca, thrombocytopenia, and organomegaly with pathological findings such as idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease are all characteristics of TAFRO syndrome. Interstitial pneumonia (IP), which is not characteristic of this disease, is probably a complication of the inflammatory process. An 88-year-old man presented with a 3-day history of fever, dry cough, and progressive dyspnea. After he was first treated with antibiotics, he was transferred to our hospital because he showed no improvement. Data showed hemoglobin Hb 90.00 (SI) (9.0 g/dL); leukocyte count WBC 23 × 10

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acute exacerbationcytokine stormdiffuse alveolar damageinterleukin-6interstitial pneumoniaTAFRO syndrome

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PMID37746092
PMCPMC10512824
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