title: Multicentric angiofollicular lymph-node hyperplasia associated with myasthenia gravis.
abstract: Castleman's disease is often referred to as giant lymph-node hyperplasia. Although this localized disorder most commonly involves the mediastinum, recently many patients have been described with multicentric lymph-node hyperplasia associated with various clinical abnormalities. Here a new case of multicentric angiofollicular lymph-node hyperplasia associated with myasthenia gravis and gammopathy is presented. At first, the patient responded to surgery well, but after some months her condition deteriorated: plasmapheresis was then performed, one year after the operation, with great clinical improvement.
authors: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkey.
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Paşaoğlu
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Doğan
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Topçu
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Güngen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006942:Hypergammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D013934:Thymectomy
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M