title: [Successful treatment of Crow-Fukase syndrome with radiation therapy].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Saiseikai Matsusaka General Hospital.
authors.forename: Kanako
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakase
authors.forename: Minori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimura
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wakita
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minamikawa
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shiku
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016878:POEMS Syndrome / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage