Castleman's disease in the extremity.
Castleman's disease is an uncommon entity that is characterized by lymphoid hyperplasia with two variants: the hyaline vascular type and the plasma cell type. We present a case affecting the lower extremity, an extremely rate site of the disease.
Rooney
R C
RC
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Pitcher
J D
JD
D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013848:Thigh