Skip to main content
Log in

Multiple haemangiomas in TAFRO syndrome with atypical features of glomeruloid and epithelioid haemangiomas

  • Correspondence
  • Published:
European Journal of Dermatology Aims and scope

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Jeunon T, Sampaio AL, Caminha RC, Reis CU, Dib C. Glomeruloidhemangioma in POEMS syndrome:a report on two cases and a review of the literature. An Bras Dermatol 2011; 86: 1167–73.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Nara M, Komatsuda A, Itoh F, et al. Two cases of thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, reticulin fibrosis/renal failure, and organomegaly (TAFRO) syndrome with high serum procalcitonin levels, including the first case complicated with adrenal hemorrhaging. Intern Med 2017; 56: 1247–52.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  3. Fajgenbaum DC, Rosenbach M, van Rhee F, Nasir A, Reutter J. Eruptive cherry hemangiomatosis associated with multicentric Castleman disease:a case report and diagnostic clue. JAMA Dermatol 2013; 149: 204–8.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Kishimoto S, Takenaka H, Shibagaki R, Noda Y, Yamamoto M, Yasuno H. Glomeruloid hemangioma in POEMS syndrome shows two different immunophenotypic endothelial cells. J Cutan Pathol 2000; 27: 87–92.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Sun ZJ, Zhang L, Zhang WF, Alsharif MJ, Chen XM, Zhao YF. Epithelioid hemangioma in the oral mucosa:a clinicopathological study of seven cases and review of the literature. Oral Oncol 2006; 42: 441–7.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Chung WK, Lee DW, Yang JH, Lee MW, Choi JH, Moon KC. Glomeruloid hemangioma as a very early presenting sign of POEMS syndrome. J Cutan Pathol 2009; 36: 1126–8.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Chan PT, Lee KC, Chong LY, Lo KK, Cheung YF. Glomeruloid haemangioma with cerebriform morphology in a patient with POEMS syndrome. Clin Exp Dermatol 2006; 31: 775–7.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Masaki Y, Kawabata H, Takai K, et al. Proposed diagnostic criteria, disease severity classification and treatment strategy for TAFRO syndrome, 2015 version. Int J Hematol 2016; 103: 686–92.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Iwaki N, Fajgenbaum DC, Nabel CS, et al. Clinicopathologic analysis of TAFRO syndrome demonstrates a distinct subtype of HHV–8–negative multicentric Castleman disease. Am J Hematol 2016; 91: 220–6.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Middleton K, Jones J, Lwin Z, Coward JI. Interleukin–6:an angiogenic target in solid tumours. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2014; 89: 129–39.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Yoshiyuki Nakamura.

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Nakamura, Y., Iwamoto, K., Fujisawa, Y. et al. Multiple haemangiomas in TAFRO syndrome with atypical features of glomeruloid and epithelioid haemangiomas. Eur J Dermatol 28, 371–372 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2018.3293

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2018.3293

Navigation