Retroperitoneal Castleman's disease: Report of four cases
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Tarih
2009
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Özet
Castleman's Disease (CD) located in the retroperitoneum is a rare entity which has both benign and malignant potential. We presented our series of four patients with retroperitoneal neoplasm of the lymphatic chain and evaluated the management of these patients. Over a five-year period, all patients who had intraabdominal lymphadenomegaly with an unknown etiology or were diagnosed with Castleman's Disease of the retroperitoneum were retrospectively reviewed. Data included demographic features, surgical management and outcomes. Four patients with CD were detected, three males and one female with a mean age of 54 years. All patients had a unicentric mass located in the retroperitoneal area. Three cases complete excision of the mass and one with a mass associated to the pancreatic head underwent a pancreaticoduodenectomy. Three of the histological examinations were revealed to be of the hyaline vascular type and one was a mixed type microscopically. The recovery period was uneventful for all the patients. In the follow-up period, no recurrence was detected. This unusual anomaly of the lymphatic chain, particularly in the retroperitoneal area, should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal tumors. The histological examination can reveal a mixed type CD even in this location. For unicentric tumors, surgical excision is the effective curative management and our series proved the efficacy of this method.
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Castleman's disease, Intraabdominal lymphadenomegaly, Total excision
Kaynak
Marmara Medical Journal
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Q4
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22
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3
