TAFRO syndrome: 2 cases and review of the literature.

Abstract

Recently, more than ten cases of thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, reticulin fibrosis, and organomegaly (TAFRO) syndrome or Castleman-Kojima disease exhibiting such symptoms as thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, reticulin fibrosis and organomegaly have been reported in Japan. We have found two cases of TAFRO syndrome and have reviewed another eighteen previously reported cases. Histological findings of the lymph nodes and levels of interleukin 6 (IL-6) and vascular endothelial growth factor in both serum/plasma and effusions are important characteristics for diagnosing this syndrome.

• Authors: Mikako Kawashima, Taro Usui, Hideyuki Okada, Ichiro Mori, Masahiro Yamauchi, Takahide Ikeda, Kazuo Kajita, Yusuke Kito, Tatsuhiko Miyazaki, Kei Fujioka, Tatsuo Ishizuka, Hiroyuki Morita
• Journal: Modern rheumatology (Mod Rheumatol) Vol. 27 Issue 6 Pg. 1093-1097 (Nov 2017) ISSN: 1439-7609 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 26052800 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• IL6 protein, human
• Interleukin-6

Topics

• Adult
• Castleman Disease (diagnosis)
• Edema (diagnosis)
• Fever (diagnosis)
• Humans
• Interleukin-6 (blood)
• Japan
• Lymph Nodes (pathology)
• Male
• Syndrome
• Thrombocytopenia (diagnosis)