title: Castleman's disease in the extremity.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Rooney
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Pitcher
mesh_terms: D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013848:Thigh