Multicentric Castleman's disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis: a possible role of hepatitis B antigen.
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.
Ben-Chetrit
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Department of Medicine A, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Flusser
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Okon
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Ackerman
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Rubinow
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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
D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens