title: Extralymphonodal Castleman's disease. A case report.
abstract: Castleman's disease is a rare lymph node pathology characterized by angiofollicular hyperplasia. There are two forms of the disease: localized and systemic, with different features, symptoms and prognosis. Three are the histological types of disease: plasma cell, hyaline-vascular and mixed variants. We report the case of a 65-year-old female affected by localized plasma cell variant of Castleman's disease. The singularity of our case lies in its localization on the breast and monoclonal plasma cell proliferation inside the nodule.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malaguarnera
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Restuccia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laurino
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Lo Manto
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vinci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pistone
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology