title: Crow-Fukase syndrome associated with pulmonary hypertension.
abstract: A 60-year-old woman suffering from heart failure was found to have Crow-Fukase syndrome. A precise cardiovascular study revealed the existence of pulmonary hypertension (PH), cardiomegaly and myocardial hypertrophy in addition to manifestations of this syndrome such as hyperpigmentation, hypertrichosis, finger clubbing, polyneuropathy, organomegaly and plasma cell dyscrasia. These findings suggest the possibility that patients with Crow-Fukase syndrome have cardiopulmonary disorders including PH and cardiomegaly which might cause some cardiovascular symptoms such as peripheral edema and finger clubbing.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Fukui Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D004652:Empty Sella Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D016878:POEMS Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone