Mediastinal localization of Castleman's disease. A case report with review of the literature.
A case of mediastinal Castleman's disease is reported. A 46-year-old male patient presented a mass 9 X 5.5 X 3 cm wide, located in the supero-posterior mediastinum. The mass was removed by right thoracotomy. On histologic examination it was diagnosed as Castleman's disease of hyaline vascular type.
D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed