Report of a case of localized Castleman's disease with progression to malignant lymphoma.
Patients with multicentric Castleman's disease have an increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. However, development of lymphoma in the localized form of Castleman's disease has not been previously reported. This case study describes a patient with localized Castleman's disease, hyaline vascular type, whose course was complicated by follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
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D000293:Adolescent; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery