Unusual presentation of abdominal Castleman's disease.
Castleman's disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder of uncertain origin. We report an unusual presentation of Castleman's disease in the transverse mesocolon that mimicked a vascular gastrointestinal stromal tumour and review the literature surrounding this peculiar entity.
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Department of Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. estherchuwa@yahoo.com
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D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male