title: Trigeminal neuropathy in a case of mesenteric localized Castleman's disease.
abstract: Peripheral neuropathy of the limbs has so far been observed in very few patients with localized Castleman's disease, generally of the plasma-cell type. In the present case report, of a plasmacellular type localized within the mesenterium, a 25-year-old woman exhibited a clinical picture of right trigeminal neuropathy (together with more common constitutional symptoms and laboratory findings), which promptly disappeared after surgical removal of the mesenteric mass. To our knowledge, a similar impairment of cranial nerves, and specifically of the trigeminal, has never been reported in patients with the localized form of Castleman's disease.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Medica, Università di Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Gabrielli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bonetti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tognella
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Corrocher
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Sandre
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D001247:Asthenia / Q000209:etiology; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006417:Hematuria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008643:Mesentery; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve