[Successful treatment of Crow-Fukase syndrome with radiation therapy].

Abstract

A 73-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of gait disturbance. She had peripheral polyneuropathy which was mainly of the demyelinating type, splenomegaly, a skin change and M protein (IgA-lambda). A bone scinti and a CT scan showed a mass lesion in the thoracic vertebra, and a biopsy revealed plasmacytoma. She was diagnosed as Crow-Fukase syndrome, and treated with local radiation therapy. After the treatment, M protein became undetectable, and gait disturbance was improved.

• Authors: Kanako Saito, Kazunori Nakase, Minori Shimura, Yoshihiro Wakita, Kozo Minamikawa, Tetsuro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Shiku
• Journal: [Rinsho ketsueki] The Japanese journal of clinical hematology (Rinsho Ketsueki) Vol. 43 Issue 4 Pg. 298-300 (Apr 2002) ISSN: 0485-1439 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 12043212 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Female
• Humans
• POEMS Syndrome (pathology, radiotherapy)
• Radiotherapy Dosage