Tafro Syndrome - Mimicker of SLE by Manikandan Gopal, John Mathew

“…Lymphnode biopsy later was done suggestive of Hypervascular type of castle man disease and intiated on R - CEP (Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, etosposide, prednsiolone) LEARNING POINT 1) SLE is a great mimicker of variety of other diseases and rheumatologist should be aware of the disease that mimics SLE. 2) TAFRO syndrome is variety of castleman disease.  T-Thrombocytopenia  A-Ascities  F-Fever  R-renal dysfunction  O-Organomegaly 3) TAFRO syndrome has autoimmune manifestations that mimics SLE and it an aggressive variety of castleman disease…”
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Remission of an HHV8-related extracavitary primary effusion lymphoma in an HIV-positive patient during antiretroviral treatment containing dolutegravir by Laura Campogiani, Carlotta Cerva, Gaetano Maffongelli, Elisabetta Teti, Livio Pupo, Sara Vaccarini, Maria Cantonetti, Alfredo Pennica, Massimo Andreoni, Loredana Sarmati

“…Abstract Background Human herpes virus 8 (HHV8) is the causative agent of Kaposi’s sarcoma and has been associated with an increasing number of hematologic diseases such as primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) (both classic and extracavitary form), multicentric Castleman disease and the germinotropic lymphoproliferative disorder. …”
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Targeting Kaposi’s sarcoma associated herpesvirus encoded protease (ORF17) by a lysophosphatidic acid molecule for treating KSHV associated diseases by Misbahuddin M Rafeeq, Alaa Hamed Habib, Alaa F. Nahhas, Najat Binothman, Majidah Aljadani, Jawaher Almulhim, Ziaullah M Sain, Mohammad Zubair Alam, Mohammad Zubair Alam, Norah A Alturki, Qamre Alam, Manish Manish, Rajnish Kumar Singh

“…Kaposi’s sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is causative agent of Kaposi’s sarcoma, Multicentric Castleman Disease and Pleural effusion lymphoma. KSHV-encoded ORF17 encodes a protease which cleaves -Ala-Ala-, -Ala-Ser- or -Ala-Thr-bonds. …”
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Case report: A case of acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia associated with TAFRO syndrome by Yoshitaka Shimada, Yasushi Nagaba, Mako Fujino, Hiroyuki Okawa, Kaori Ehara, Eri Shishido, Shinya Okada, Hiroaki Yokomori

“…Renal dysfunction, fever, reticulin fibrosis, anasarca, thrombocytopenia, and organomegaly with pathological findings such as idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease are all characteristics of TAFRO syndrome. …”
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Patterns of Lymph Node Pathology; Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy as an Evaluation Tool for Lymphadenopathy: A Retrospective Descriptive Study Conducted at the Largest Hospital in Af... by Denasha Lavanya Reddy, Willem Daniel Francois Venter, Sugeshnee Pather

“…The co-existing pathologies were TB and Castleman disease. HIV positive patients constituted 49% of this study sample and the majority (64%) of this subset had CD4 counts less than 350 cells/ul. 27% were HIV negative and in the remaining nodes, the HIV status of patients was unknown. …”
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Treatments Administered to the First 9152 Reported Cases of COVID-19: A Systematic Review by David C. Fajgenbaum, Johnson S. Khor, Alexander Gorzewski, Mark-Avery Tamakloe, Victoria Powers, Joseph J. Kakkis, Mileva Repasky, Anne Taylor, Alexander Beschloss, Laura Hernandez-Miyares, Beatrice Go, Vivek Nimgaonkar, Madison S. McCarthy, Casey J. Kim, Ruth-Anne Langan Pai, Sarah Frankl, Philip Angelides, Joanna Jiang, Rozena Rasheed, Erin Napier, Duncan Mackay, Sheila K. Pierson

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POEMS syndrome misdiagnosed as diabetic peripheral neuropathy: A case report by Jiaojiao Yang, Jianjian Zhang, Jianmin Ren

“…It is mainly manifested as polyneuropathy and monoclonal plasma cell-proliferative disorder, may also be accompanied by Castleman diseases, sclerosing bone lesions, VEGF elevation, organomegaly, extravascular volume overload, endocrinopathy and skin changes. …”
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Castleman’s Disease in a patient with chronic cervical lymphadenopathy: A case report by Şakir Bilge Çelik, Özgül Topal, Halil Kıyıcı

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Hyaline Vascular Castleman’s Disease: A Case Report by Ender İnci, Aydın Mamak, Levent Dereköylü, M. Güven Güvenç, Harun Cansız, Hilal Akı

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Castleman’s disease in the HIV-endemic setting by Mahroug E, Sher-Locketz C, Desmirean M, Abayomi EA, Tomuleasa C, Grewal R

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