Surgical resection of a solitary plasmacytoma originating in a rib of a patient with Castleman's disease.
Castleman's disease is a rare disorder characterized by lymphoid hyperplasia. It may present as asymptomatic involvement of one lymph node group or as a multicentric disease with systemic features. We report a patient with Castleman's disease who presented with axillary lymphadenopathy associated with a solitary plasmacytoma originating from a rib. The affected rib was surgically resected and radical radiotherapy was subsequently administered to the axillary lymph nodes. In this particular case, a joint surgical and oncologic approach resulted in a successful outcome.
Wilkinson
Simon
S
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom. simonmwilkinson@hotmail.com
Forrester-Wood
Christopher P
CP
D000328:Adult; D001365:Axilla; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D015182:Lymphatic Irradiation; D008297:Male; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012272:Ribs / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed