title: Multicentric Castleman's disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis: a possible role of hepatitis B antigen.
abstract: A patient with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis and a carrier of hepatitis B surface antigen developed angiofollicular hyperplasia (multicentric Castleman's disease). The hepatitis B virus and the rheumatoid factor may have had a role in the aetiology of this lymphatic disorder. The development of Castleman's disease in association with these factors may provide another clue supporting the reactive nature of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine A, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ben-Chetrit
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Flusser
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Okon
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ackerman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rubinow
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D002353:Carrier State / Q000276:immunology*; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens