title: [Mediastinal Castleman's disease].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Chirurgia toracica, Università degli Studi, Torino.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oliaro
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Filosso
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Casadio
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pischedda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavallo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cianci
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Porrello
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rastelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maggi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum