title: Castleman's disease presenting as a pediatric surgical problem.
abstract: A 9-year-old girl presented with anemia, fever, and poor growth over a 2 1/2-year period. On physical examination, a right lower quadrant mass was palpated. Her signs and symptoms were consistent with Castleman's disease of the plasma cell type. The mass, a giant hyperplastic lymph node, was excised, and the patient's symptoms resolved. Castleman's disease is a benign lymph node disorder that occurs very rarely in the pediatric population and is cured by operative excision of the lymphatic mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA.
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Shroff
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Gilchrist
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: DeLuca
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: McCombs
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Wesselhoeft
mesh_terms: D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans