Korean J Pediatr Hematol Oncol.
2004 Oct;11(2):280-285.
A Case of Mesenteric Castleman's Disease with Systemic Involvement
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, The Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. sunyoung@cnuh.co.kr
- 2Department of Surgery, The Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
- 3Department of Histopatholgy, The Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
- 4Departmant of Pediatrics, The Catholic University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Castleman's disease (CD) is a lymphoproliferative disorder of unknown origin and rarely occurs in children. It has been further classified into two major subgroups: solitary or localized and multicentric CD. Furthermore, there are two main histological variants: hyaline-vascular, plasma cell types. Clinically, hyaline-vascular type is rarely associated with systemic symptoms, but the plasma cell type is frequently associated with the constitutional symptoms of fever, malaise, night sweat and the abnormal laboratory markers. Surgical excision of the affected lymph node plays an important role in the treatment of this disease. We encountered a case of the hyaline-vascular type CD located in the mesentery with systemic involvement. The clinical and biochemical abnormal findings improved after surgical resection of the involved lymph node.
