title: Giant lymph node hyperplasia (Castleman's disease) presenting with chylous pleural effusion.
abstract: A case of giant lymph node hyperplasia (Castleman's disease) with an original presentation of a chylous pleural effusion occurred in a female adolescent. CT scans showed mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Lymph node biopsy was consistent with the plasmacytic variant of Castleman's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Memorial Medical Center, Savannah, Ga, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Blankenship
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rowlett
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Timby
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed