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- Title
A Case Report of Unusual Retroperitoneal Castleman's Disease in an Old Woman.
- Authors
Zhang, Jiexiu; Song, Ninghong; Liu, Bianjiang; Hua, Lixin; Wang, Zengjun; Yin, Changjun; Zhang, Wei
- Abstract
Castleman's disease (CD) is an uncommon disorder of the lymphoid hyperplasia. It is especially rare in the retroperitoneum or perirenal area. We report the case of a 62-year-old woman who had an abdominal mass localized above the right kidney in the region of the right adrenal gland found by computed tomography scan. The patient subsequently underwent an exploratory laparotomy. Pathological examination revealed retroperitoneal localized CD (LCD) of the hyaline vascular type. Diversity of disease sites and nonspecificity of clinical manifestations lead to diagnostic difficulties. Therefore, diagnosis is mainly achieved via lymph node biopsy or pathological examination. Like in the reported case, LCD usually has a good prognosis after complete resection of the lesion. Copyright © 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
CASTLEMAN'S disease; RETROPERITONEUM; DISEASES in older women; HYPERPLASIA; TOMOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL surgery; CASE studies
- Publication
Urologia Internationalis, 2012, Vol 89, Issue 3, p369
- ISSN
0042-1138
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000341691