Multicentric Castleman's disease in a patient with primary Sjögren's syndrome.
A 38-year-old woman suffering from primary Sjögren's syndrome for 2 years developed angiofollicular hyperplasia (multicentric Castleman's disease). In Sjögren's syndrome (SS) a number of findings indicate the presence of a B-cell hyperactivity that may evolve to a lymphoproliferative disorder. This report adds another pathological event to the complex spectrum of lymphoproliferative diseases in SS.
Tavoni
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A
Clinical Immunology and Rheumatic Disease Unit, University of Pisa, Italy.
Vitali
C
C
Baglioni
P
P
Gerli
R
R
Marchetti
G
G
Di Munno
O
O
Bombardieri
S
S
D000328:Adult; D001365:Axilla; D001706:Biopsy; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002968:Clavicle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed