title: Unicentric Castleman's lymphadenopathy presenting with Behçet's syndrome: a case report.
abstract: We describe a male patient with Behcet's syndrome and Castleman's lymphadenopathy. He was affected by severe oral and genital ulcers, bilateral uveitis, necrotic purulent nodules on both hands. A CT scan of the mediastinum showed the presence of a mediastinal mass. On the basis of histological and immunohistological findings, a diagnosis of Castleman's disease, angiofollicular type, was formulated. The lymphadenopathy was unicentric. After the surgical excision of the mediastinal mass (January, 1989) until now, Behcet's syndrome is in complete remission with a low dosage of prednisone.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia Medica, Università, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Pacor
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peroli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Givanni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ambrosetti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Biasi
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Bambara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frigo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Urbani
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lunardi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011241:Prednisone