Multiple vascular abnormalities and a paradoxical combination of vitamin B 12 deficiency and thrombocytosis in a case with POEMS syndrome

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1488-1491

  Lewerenz, J ^a   Gocht, A ^a   Hoeger, P H ^a   Von Den Driesch, P ^a   Eckert, B ^a   Lamszus, K ^a   Stuerenburg, H J ^a   Methner, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; POEMS syndrome; Pulmonary hypertension; Thrombocytosis; VEGF

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PH MEASUREMENT; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; POEMS SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THROMBOCYTOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 1642430582     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-0261-7     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Atsumi T, Kato K, Kurosawa S, Abe M, Fujisaku A (1995) A case of Crow-Fukase syndrome with elevated soluble interleukin-6 receptor in cerebrospinal fluid. Response to double-filtration plasmapheresis and corticosteroids. Acta Haematol 94:90-94
2. Authier FJ, Belec L, Levy Y, Lefaucheur JP, Defer GL, Degos JD, Gherardi RK (1996) All-trans-retinoic acid in POEMS syndrome. Therapeutic effect associated with decreased circulating levels of proinflammatory cytokines. Arthritis Rheum 39:1423-1426
3. Casella I, Feccia T, Chelucci C, Samoggia P, Castelli G, Guerriero R, Parolini I, Petrucci E, Pelosi E, Morsilli O, Gabbianelli M, Testa U, Peschle C (2003) Autocrine-paracrine VEGF loops potentiate the maturation of megakaryocytic precursors through Flt1 receptor. Blood 101:1316-1323
4. Dispenzieri A, Kyle RA, Lacy MQ, Rajkumar SV, Therneau TM, Larson DR, Greipp PR, Witzig TE, Basu R, Suarez GA, Fonseca R, Lust JA, Gertz MA (2003) POEMS syndrome: definitions and long-term outcome. Blood 101: 2496-2506
5. Durie BG, Waxman AD, D'Agnolo A, Williams CM (2002) Whole-body (18)F-FDG PET identifies high-risk myeloma. J Nucl Med 43:1457-1463
6. Freedman SB (2002) Clinical trials of gene therapy for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Curr Opin Lipidol 13:653-661
7. Hashiguchi T, Arimura K, Matsumuro K, Otsuka R, Watanabe O, Jonosono M, Maruyama Y, Maruyama I, Osame M (2000) Highly concentrated vascular endothelial growth factor in platelets in Crow-Fukase syndrome. Muscle Nerve 23:1051-1056
8. Hitoshi S, Okazawa H, Shimizu J, Suzuki K, Sakuta M (1991) A case of Crow-Fukase syndrome with increased serum interleukin-6. Rinsho Shinkeigaku 31:730-733
9. 12 deficiency. Acta Haematol 61:75-79
10. Jackson A, Burton IE (1990) A case of POEMS syndrome associated with essential thrombocythaemia and dermal mastocytosis. Postgrad Med J 66: 761-767
11. Kishimoto S, Takenaka H, Shibagaki R, Noda Y, Yamamoto M, Yasuno H (2000) Glomeruloid hemangioma in POEMS syndrome shows two different immunophenotypic endothelial cells. J Cutan Pathol 27:87-92
12. Koga H, Tokunaga Y, Hisamoto T, Sujaku K, Mitsuyama K, Matsuo K, Ueno T, Sata M (2002) Ratio of serum vascular endothelial growth factor to platelet count correlates with disease activity in a patient with POEMS syndrome. Eur J Intern Med pp 13:70-74
13. Laroche M, Assoun J, Sixou L, Attal M (1996) Comparison of MRI and computed tomography in the various stages of plasma cell disorders: correlations with biological and histological findings. Myelome-Midi- Pyrénées Group. Clin Exp Rheumatol 14: 171-176
14. Lesprit P, Godeau B, Authier FJ, Soubrier M, Zuber M, Larroche C, Viard JP, Wechsler B, Gherardi R (1998) Pulmonary hypertension in POEMS syndrome: a new feature mediated by cytokines. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 157:907-911
15. Morishita R (2000) Adventure of gene therapy into the brain: A new era for cardiovascular gene therapy. Circ Res 87:719-721
16. Nakanishi T, Sobue I, Toyokura Y, Nishitani H, Kuroiwa Y, Satoyoshi E, Tsubaki T, Igata A, Ozaki Y (1984) The Crow-Fukase syndrome: a study of 102 cases in Japan. Neurology 34:712-720
17. Pasqui AL, Bova G, Saletti M, Bruni F, Di Renzo M, Auteri A (1998) POEMS syndrome with vascular lesions and renal carcinoma - possible role of cytokines. Eur J Med Res 3:304-306
18. Peggs KS, Paneesha S, Kottaridis PD, Chakraverty RK, Tobias G, Reilly M, Mahendra P, Yong K (2002) Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for POEMS syndrome. Bone Marrow Transplant 30:401-404
19. Rovira M, Carreras E, Blade J, Graus F, Valls J, Fernandez-Aviles F, Montserrat E (2001) Dramatic improvement of POEMS syndrome following autologous haematopoietic cell transplantation. Br J Haematol 115:373-375
20. Shibata M, Yamada T, Tanahashi N, Koto A, Kuramochi S, Fukushima S, Fukuuchi Y (2000) POEMS syndrome with necrotizing vasculitis: a novel feature of vascular abnormalities. Neurology 54:772-773
21. Soubrier M, Dubost JJ, Serre AF, Ristori JM, Sauvezie B, Cathebras P, Piette JC, Chapman A, Authier FJ, Gherardi RK (1997) Growth factors in POEMS syndrome: evidence for a marked increase in circulating vascular endothelial growth factor. Arthritis Rheum 40: 786-787
22. Soubrier M, Guillon R, Dubost JJ, Serre AF, Ristori JM, Boyer L, Sauvezie B (1998) Arterial obliteration in POEMS syndrome: possible role of vascular endothelial growth factor. J Rheumatol 25:813-815
23. Soubrier M, Ruivard M, Dubost JJ, Sauvezie B, Philippe P (2002) Successful use of autologous bone marrow transplantation in treating a patient with POEMS syndrome. Bone Marrow Transplant 30:61-62
24. Soubrier MJ, Dubost JJ, Sauvezie BJ (1994) POEMS syndrome: a study of 25 cases and a review of the literature. French Study Group on POEMS Syndrome. Am J Med 97:543-553
25. Sundberg C, Nagy JA, Brown LF, Feng D, Eckelhoefer IA, Manseau EJ, Dvorak AM, Dvorak HF (2001) Glomeruloid microvascular proliferation follows adenoviral vascular permeability factor/vascular endothelial growth factor-164 gene delivery. Am J Pathol 158: 1145-1160
26. Sure U, Butz N, Schlegel J, Siegel AM, Wakat JP, Mennel HD, Bien S, Bertalanffy H (2001) Endothelial proliferation, neoangiogenesis, and potential de novo generation of cerebrovascular malformations. J Neurosurg 94: 972-977
27. Tuder RM, Chacon M, Alger L, Wang J, Taraseviciene-Stewart L, Kasahara Y, Cool CD, Bishop AE, Geraci M, Semenza GL, Yacoub M, Polak JM, Voelkel NF (2001) Expression of angiogenesis-related molecules in plexiform lesions in severe pulmonary hypertension: evidence for a process of disordered angiogenesis. J Pathol 195: 367-374
28. 12 deficiency and a solitary lytic bone lesion. Muscle Nerve 20:1454-1456
29. Zenone T, Bastion Y, Salles G, Rieux C, Morel D, Felman P, Espinouse D, Bryon PA, Coiffier B (1996) POEMS syndrome, arterial thrombosis and thrombocythaemia. J Intern Med 240: 107-109