Macrophage and platelet-infiltrated glomerulonephritis with interstitial angiofollicular hyperplasia in a patient with POEMS syndrome

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2270-2271

  Machiguchi, Toshihiko ^a,b   Yoshida, Haruyoshi ^a,c   Tamura, Tadao ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION HIMEJI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiofollicular hyperplasia; Interleukin 6; Interstitial nephritis; Macrophage infiltration; Platelet aggregation; POEMS syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; MACROPHAGE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0035172353     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.11.2270     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. A spectrum of clinicopathological features of nephropathy associated with POEMS syndrome
2. Greatly raised vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in POEMS syndrome
3. Expression of platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor and its potential role in up-regulation of angiogenesis in scarred kidneys secondary to urinary tract diseases
4. POEMS syndrome: Report on six patients with unusual clinical signs, elevated levels of cytokines, macrophage involvement and chromosomal aberrations of bone marrow plasma cells
5. Highly concentrated vascular endothelial growth factor in platelets in Crow-Fukase syndrome