Tocilizumab-effective multicentric Castleman's disease with infiltration of eosinophil and IgG4-positive plasma cells: A case report

Tocilizumab-effective multicentric Castleman's disease with infiltration of eosinophil and IgG4-positive plasma cells: A case report

A 67-year-old woman with fever and cough was diagnosed with eosinophilic pneumonia because of eosinophilia and increased eosinophil levels in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and transbronchial biopsy lung specimens. However, prednisolone therapy at a previous hospital was ineffective. Histological...

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Main Authors: Yusuke Katsumata, MD, Jun Ikari, MD, Nozomi Tanaka, MD, Mitsuhiro Abe, MD, Kenji Tsushima, MD, Yoko Yonemori, MD, Koichiro Tatsumi, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007118301291

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