A rare case: Castleman’s disease

Ezgi Çimen Çelik; Tarık Yağcı; Ahmet Üçvet; Soner Gürsoy; Zekiye Aydoğdu

doi:10.26663/cts.2020.0008

Full Text PDF Full Text Similar Articles E-mail to Author How to Cite

A rare case: Castleman’s disease

Ezgi Çimen Çelik¹,Tarık Yağcı²,Ahmet Üçvet¹,Soner Gürsoy¹,Zekiye Aydoğdu³

Current Thoracic Surgery 2020;5(1):043-045. (27 January 2020)

¹Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Health Sciences, İzmir Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Health Application and Research Center, İzmir, Turkey
²Thoracic Surgery Clinic, Kastamonu State Hospital, Kastamonu, Turkey
³Department of Pathology, University of Health Sciences, İzmir Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Health Application and Research Center, İzmir, Turkey

DOI : 10.26663/cts.2020.0008

Viewed : 8447 - Downloaded : 2907

Castleman’s disease is angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia that occurs as a result of abnormal proliferation of plasma cells and B lymphocytes in lymphoid tissues. It has been shown to be associated with HHV-8 and HIV infections and may be unicentric or multicentric. This case is presented due to its rareness, good prognosis after complete surgery for unicentric type, and dramatically improved symptoms.

Keywords : Castleman’s disease, mediastinal mass, HHV-8/HIV