title: Castleman's disease and superior vena cava thrombi: a rare presentation and a review of the literature.
abstract: Castleman's disease is a clinicopathological entity in which growth of lymphoid tissue is unregulated. It may present as asymptomatic involvement of one lymph node group or as a multicentric disease with systemic symptoms. Unlike localized disease, for which surgical excision is curative regardless of the histological type, multicentric disease often necessitates aggressive systemic therapy and portends a poor outcome. Superior vena caval thrombosis is an uncommon manifestation associated with Castleman's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Queens Hospital Center, 82-68 164th Street, Jamaica, NY 11432, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dhingra
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sondhi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fleischman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ayinla
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chawla
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rosner
mesh_terms: D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology