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A case of idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease in an alemtuzumab-treated patient with MS

Leoni Rolfes, Steffen Pfeuffer, Tobias Ruck, Susanne Windhagen, Ilske Oschlies, Hermann-Joseph Pavenstädt, Linus Angenendt, Heinz Wiendl, Julia Krämer, Sven G. Meuth
First published November 8, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000638
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vol. 7 no. 1 e638
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000638
PubMed: 
31704887
Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Online ISSN: 
2332-7812
History: 
  • Received June 14, 2019
  • Accepted in final form September 6, 2019
  • First Published November 8, 2019.
Copyright & Usage: 
Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND), which permits downloading and sharing the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.

Author Disclosures

    1. Leoni Rolfes, MD*,
    2. Steffen Pfeuffer, MD,
    3. Tobias Ruck, MD,
    4. Susanne Windhagen, MD,
    5. Ilske Oschlies, MD,
    6. Hermann-Joseph Pavenstädt, MD,
    7. Linus Angenendt, MD,
    8. Heinz Wiendl, MD,
    9. Julia Krämer, MD* and
    10. Sven G. Meuth, MD, PhD*
  1. Leoni Rolfes, MD*,
    2. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. (1) Merck Serono, travel reimbursements (2) Sanofi Genzyme, travel reimbursements

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  2. Steffen Pfeuffer, MD,
    3. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. Commercial entity: Travel grants by Sanofi Genzyme, Merck, Biogen, Mylan

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. Commercial entity: Research support from DIAMED ans Merck Serono

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. Society: Research support from the German Multiple Sclerosis Society (DMSG)

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  3. Tobias Ruck, MD,
    4. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. TR served on a scientific advisory board for Genzyme, Merck and Novartis.

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. TR has received travel expenses from Genzyme and Novartis and has received honoraria for lecturing from Genzyme, Biogen and Teva.

    Editorial Boards:

    1. Guest associate editor for Frontiers in Neurology.

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. TR has received financial research support from Genzyme and Novartis.

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. Supported by the German Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology (01GI1603D, to T.R. and S.G.M.; FKZ01FI1603A to HW, LK, and CCG)

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  4. Susanne Windhagen, MD,
    5. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. Honoraria for speaking engagements from Bayer Vital, Biogen, Merck-Serono, Novartis Pharma and TEVA-Pharma.

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  5. Ilske Oschlies, MD,
    6. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  6. Hermann-Joseph Pavenstädt, MD,
  7. Linus Angenendt, MD,
    8. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  8. Heinz Wiendl, MD,
    9. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. (1) Biogen (2) Evgen (3) Genzyme (3) MedDay Pharmaceuticals (4) Merck Serono (5) Novartis (6) Roche Pharma AG (7) Sanofi-Aventis

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. (1) Alexion (2) Biogen (3) Cognomed (4) F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. (5) Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung (6) Merck Serono (7) Novartis (8) Roche Pharma AG (9) Genzyme (10) TEVA (11) WebMD Global

    Editorial Boards:

    1. (1) PLOS ONE, Editorial board member, since 2013 (2) Neurotherapeutics, since 2013 (3) Recent Patents on Inflammation & Allergy Drug Discovery

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. (1) Abbvie (2) Actelion (3) Biogen (4) IGES (5) Johnson & Johnson (6) Novartis (7) Roche (8) Sanofi-Aventis (9) Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. (1) Biogen (2) GlaxoSmithKline GmbH (3) Roche Pharma AG (4) Sanofi-Genzyme.

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. (1) German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), 01GI1601E, principal investigator, 2016-2019 (2)Interdisciplinary Centre of Clinical Research (IZKF) Muenster, principal investigator, 2015-2018 (4)PML Consortium, principal investigator, 2016-2018 (5) German Research Foundation, principal investigator,SFB 1009 TP A3 + SFB-TR CRC128 TP A09 + SFB TR CRC128 TP A10, TR CRC128 TP V, TR CRC128 TP Z02 2016- 2020

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. (1) Else Kröner Fresenius Foundation (2) Fresenius Foundation (3) Hertie Foundation (4) RE Children’s Foundation

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  9. Julia Krämer, MD* and
  10. Sven G. Meuth, MD, PhD*
    11. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. (1) German association for Multiple Sclerosis (2) German Society for Neurology (DGN)(3) Neurology Trust (4) Center for Clinical Studies (ZKS) (5) Max Planck Society

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. Sven Meuth receives honoraria for lecturing, and travel expenses for attending meetings from Almirall, Amicus Therapeutics Germany, Bayer Health Care, Biogen, Celgene, Diamed, Genzyme, MedDay Pharmaceuticals, Merck Serono, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, ONO Pharma, Roche, Sanofi- Aventis, Chugai Pharma, QuintilesIMS and Teva.

    Editorial Boards:

    1. (1) PLoS One (editor) (2) DGNeurologie, founding member editorial board

    Patents:

    1. (1)Effectivity of specific FXII/FXIIa inhibitors, particularly rHA-Infestin 4 used to treat neuro- inflammatoral diseases (WO 2013/113774 A1 and EP 2 263 110 A1) (2) Diagnosis of a novel autoimmune disease (European patent; 15001186.4 – 1402) (3)"NR2B selective NMDA-receptor Antagonists for Treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases” (Reference number: PCT/EP2016/069975)

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. Sven Meuth receives honoraria for lecturing, and travel expenses for attending meetings from Almirall, Amicus Therapeutics Germany, Bayer Health Care, Biogen, Celgene, Diamed, Genzyme, MedDay Pharmaceuticals, Merck Serono, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, ONO Pharma, Roche, Sanofi- Aventis, Chugai Pharma, QuintilesIMS and Teva.

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. Research is funded by Almirall, Amicus Therapeutics Germany, Biogen, Diamed, Fresenius Medical Care, Genzyme, Merck Serono, Novartis, ONO Pharma, Roche, and Teva.

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. Research is funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG), German Academic Exchange Service, Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Studies (IZKF) Muenster, German Foundation Neurology and Almirall, Amicus Therapeutics Germany, Biogen, Diamed, Fresenius Medical Care, Genzyme, Merck Serono, Novartis, ONO Pharma, Roche, and Teva.

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. Research is funded by Else Kröner Fresenius Foundation, Hertie Foundation

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  1. From the Clinic of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology (L.R., S.P., T.R., H.W., J.K., S.G.M.), University Hospital Münster; Department of Neurology and Neurological Rehabilitation (S.W.), Hospital Osnabrück, Am Finkenhügel 1; Department of Pathology (I.O.), Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry, University-Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel; Department of General Internal Medicine (H.-J.P.), Nephrology, Hypertensiology, and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster; and Department of Hematology (L.A.), Hemostaseology, Oncology, and Pneumology, University Hospital Münster, Germany.
  1. Correspondence
    Dr. Rolfes leoni.rolfes{at}ukmuenster.de
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