Castleman's disease: a study of a rare lymphoproliferative disorder in a university hospital

Gulf J Oncolog. 2010 Jan:(7):25-36. doi: 10.4137/cmbd.s2161.

Abstract

Castleman's disease (CD) is a group of rare lymphoproliferative disorders sharing characteristic clinical and histological features, and usually accompanied by a marked systemic inflammatory response. Two histological patterns of lymph nodes were described: the hyaline-vascular and plasma-cell types. The former is more common (80-90%) and tends to be localized. The plasma cell type is more aggressive and usually multicentric. It is interesting that the inflammatory manifestations seem to be related to a lymph node lesion, because the systemic symptoms and inflammatory activity can return to normal after surgical excision or successful medical treatment of the disease. We report here our 15-year experience with this rare disease in King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, focusing on the clinical features, therapy, and patients'outcome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Castleman Disease / pathology*
  • Castleman Disease / surgery
  • Female
  • Hospitals, University
  • Humans
  • Hyalin / metabolism
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology*
  • Lymph Nodes / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Plasma Cells / pathology*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Young Adult