title: Castleman's disease: a well defined histological pattern for a widely divergent clinical spectrum.
abstract: If the histological patterns of Castleman's disease are well defined--hyaline vascular type and plasma cell type--, the clinical spectrum is widely divergent, ranging from localised forms cured by surgical ablation to multicentric idiopathic forms requiring systemic therapy; some cases are associated with an acquired immunodeficiency, such as HIV infection. The pathogeny of the disease is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: d'Agay
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Miclea
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Clauvel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schaison
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brocheriou
mesh_terms: D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000473:pathology