title: [Castleman disease].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The term "Castleman's disease" (angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia) comprises a heterogeneous clinicopathologic entity among lymphoproliferative disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a rare case with retroperitoneal manifestations, and discuss several aspects of diagnosis, differential diagnosis, the clinical course and therapy of the disease. Finally, we summarize the actual knowledge about the pathogenesis of Castleman's disease.
authors.affiliation: Onkologische Abteilung, Kantonsspital Luzern.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bleiber
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Gebbers
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Joss
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography