Severe refractory TAFRO syndrome requiring continuous renal replacement therapy complicated with Trichosporon asahii infection in the lungs and myocardial infarction: an autopsy case report and literature review

Severe refractory TAFRO syndrome requiring continuous renal replacement therapy complicated with Trichosporon asahii infection in the lungs and myocardial infarction: an autopsy case report and literature review

Abstract Background TAFRO (thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, reticulin myelofibrosis/renal failure, and organomegaly) syndrome is a systemic inflammatory disorder and unique clinicopathological variant of idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease that was proposed in Japan. Prompt diagnosis is crit...

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Main Authors: Arata Hibi, Ken Mizuguchi, Akiko Yoneyama, Takahisa Kasugai, Keisuke Kamiya, Chiharu Ito, Satoru Kominato, Toshiyuki Miura, Katsushi Koyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Renal Replacement Therapy
Subjects:
TAFRO syndrome
Multicentric Castleman disease
Interleukin-6
Hypercytokinemia
Capillary leak syndrome
Renal failure
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41100-018-0157-8

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