[Mediastinal Castleman's disease].
Castleman's disease(CD) is an uncommon lymph node syndrome, generally located in mediastinum side, rarely systemic. Two histhologic types are described: the more common, termed the hyaline-vascular type, generally asymptomatic, and the second termed plasma cell type, with systemic manifestations of the disease, like fever, anemia and weight loss. The authors present a case of a young man with Castleman's disease, treated by prednisone without reduction of the adenopathy, and thus successfully operated, and discuss about aetiopathogenic theories and treatment of this disease.
Oliaro
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Cattedra di Chirurgia toracica, Università degli Studi, Torino.
Filosso
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PL
Casadio
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C
Pischedda
F
F
Cavallo
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A
Cianci
R
R
Porrello
C
C
Rastelli
M
M
Leo
F
F
Maggi
G
G
D000328:Adult; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum