A severe case of thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, renal insufficiency or reticulin fibrosis, and organomegaly syndrome with myocardial and skeletal muscle calcification despite hypocalcemia: a case report

A severe case of thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, renal insufficiency or reticulin fibrosis, and organomegaly syndrome with myocardial and skeletal muscle calcification despite hypocalcemia: a case report

Abstract Background TAFRO (thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, renal insufficiency or reticulin fibrosis, and organomegaly) syndrome is a recently recognized disease with a variety of presentations of variable severity. In acute settings, this disease also involves organ dysfunction because of the as...

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Main Authors: Shogo Minomo, Yu Fujiwara, Shota Sakashita, Akito Takamura, Kaoru Nagata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
TAFRO syndrome
Myocardial calcification
Skeletal muscle calcification
Hypocalcemia
Tocilizumab
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-020-02588-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-020-02588-2

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