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TAFRO (thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, reticulin myelofibrosis or renal dysfunction and organomegaly) syndrome is a systemic inflammatory disease characterised by thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever or inflammatory syndrome, reticulin myelofibrosis or renal dysfunction and organomegaly. It was
BACKGROUND
Multicentric Castleman's disease can mimic adult-onset Still disease. It is exceptionally associated with anasarca, thrombotic microangiopathy and dysautonomia.
METHODS
We report a 32-year-old woman with an association of oligoanuria, anasarca, thrombotic microangiopathy with features
Cetuximab is a chimeric human-murine monoclonal antibody that binds competitively and with high affinity to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and is used to treat advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. After receiving a total of six doses of cetuximab, a 72-year-old male
Pediatric Castleman disease (CD) is an uncommon and poorly understood disorder of the lymph nodes. Renal failure has not been described in pediatric multicentric CD (MCD). We report four cases, who presented with polyadenopathy, organomegaly, edema and fluid accumulations, high blood pressure, and
BACKGROUND
Transfusion-related acute lung injury is a post-transfusion interstitial lung injury.
METHODS
We reported a post-transfusion acute lung injury in a 23-years old woman having a chronic thrombotic microangiopathy related to an ADAMTS 13 constitutional deficiency receiving monthly plasma
The authors reported the first case of nodular glomerulosclerosis, mesangiolysis, and thrombotic microangiopathy in a 69-year-old Thai man with chronic glomerulopathy from light chain deposition disease associated with multiple myeloma and kappa monoclonal gammopathy. He presented with subacute
We report two cases of non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema as a complication of basiliximab induction therapy in young pediatric renal transplant patients identified following a retrospective review of all pediatric renal transplant cases performed in the National Paediatric Transplant Centre, Childrens
The clinico-pathological aspect of an unusual case of thrombotic microangiopathy (M.A.T.) is reported in acute leukemia one year after bone marrow graft. The patient was first seen complaining of blurred vision in both eyes. Ocular findings included choriocapillaris and retinal vascular occlusions,
BACKGROUND
Mitomycin C-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) has a poor prognosis with limited therapeutic options. Most patients die within 4 months of diagnosis due to pulmonary or renal failure. Here, a patient resistant to total plasma exchange (TPE) and immunosuppressive therapy with
BACKGROUND
Proteasome inhibitors are a relatively new class of chemotherapeutic agents. Bortezomib is the first agent of this class and is currently being used for the treatment of multiple myeloma. However, recent reports have linked exposure to bortezomib with the development of thrombotic
The 21-year-old male patient was admitted to the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology at Peking Union Medical College Hospital with chief complaints of "skin rash for 1 year and edema for 2 months". He was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with renal, cardiac and
A 73-year-old man, who had an allergy to shellfish, was admitted to our hospital because of proteinuria, hematuria, purpura and extremity edema after eating oysters. Laboratory data on admission were proteinuria 2.0 g/day, hematuria 3+, serum creatinine (Cr) 1.2 mg/dl, total protein 6.3 g/dl, and
We present here the case of a 39-year-old man with metastatic pancreatic carcinoma receiving chemotherapy with the combination of gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel as part of a clinical trial. Despite an impressive response to therapy, he ultimately developed profound anasarca, renal insufficiency,
We report a case of a 60-year-old male who presented with fever and anasarca as well as hepatosplenomegaly, general lymphadenopathy, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and was, therefore, admitted to our hospital. In addition, the patient suffered from respiratory failure and renal
Microangiopathic hemolytic anemias and thrombocytopenias in pregnant or postpartum women constitute an interdisciplinary diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in the evaluation of thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA), where urgent care must be considered.We