[Successful treatment of Crow-Fukase syndrome with radiation therapy].
A 73-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of gait disturbance. She had peripheral polyneuropathy which was mainly of the demyelinating type, splenomegaly, a skin change and M protein (IgA-lambda). A bone scinti and a CT scan showed a mass lesion in the thoracic vertebra, and a biopsy revealed plasmacytoma. She was diagnosed as Crow-Fukase syndrome, and treated with local radiation therapy. After the treatment, M protein became undetectable, and gait disturbance was improved.
Saito
Kanako
K
Department of Internal Medicine, Saiseikai Matsusaka General Hospital.
Nakase
Kazunori
K
Shimura
Minori
M
Wakita
Yoshihiro
Y
Minamikawa
Kozo
K
Yamaguchi
Tetsuro
T
Shiku
Hiroshi
H
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016878:POEMS Syndrome / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage