Colchicine therapy in amyloidosis related with plasmacytic castleman disease presenting with nephrotic syndrome.

Colchicine therapy in amyloidosis related with plasmacytic castleman disease presenting with nephrotic syndrome. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2015 Sep-Oct;26(5):992-5 Authors: Paydas S, Paydas S, Ergin M Abstract Castleman disease (CD) is a neoplasm that presents with single or multiple lymphadenopathy. The disease is characterized by fever, weight loss, anemia, polyclonal hyperglobulinemia, splenomegaly, thrombocytosis and peripheral lymphadenopathy. In this paper, we report a young man with plasmacytic type CD and amyloid A (AA) deposition who presented with intra-abdominal mass and nephrotic syndrome. He was successfully treated with colchicine following surgery. PMID: 26354576 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tags: Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl Source Type: research