Mesenteric Castleman's disease: report of a case.
A 77-year-old woman was admitted with intermittent abdominal dull pain. Hypochromic anemia, hypergammaglobulinemia, and elevated C-reactive protein were found in this case. Ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and angiography indicated either mesenteric leiomyoma or leiomyosarcoma, but no definitive preoperative diagnosis could be established. A surgical resection of the tumor revealed a mesenteric Castleman's tumor with small daughter lymphoid tumors of plasma cell type.
First Department of Surgery, Fukui Medical University, 23 Shimoaizuki, Matsuoka-cho, Yoshida-gun, Fukui 910-1193, Japan.
Toshihisa
T
Kimura
Tsuyoshi
T
Inoue
Kanji
K
Katayama
Kazuo
K
Hirose
Yoshiaki
Y
Imamura
Akio
A
Yamaguchi
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008643:Mesentery / Q000473:pathology*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis