Preoperative embolization of hypervascular Castleman's disease of the mediastinum.
We report the case of a 31-year-old woman with mediastinal Castleman's disease of the hyaline vascular type. This large tumor was safely resected after arterial embolization. We describe the steps of this interventional procedure and discuss related necessary precautions.
Robert
John Henri
JH
Department of Surgery, Geneva University Hospital, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland.
Sgourdos
Georgios
G
Kritikos
Neoklis
N
Didier
Dominique
D
Terraz
Sylvain
S
D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005780:Gelatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000601:surgery*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D035583:Rare Diseases
D000180:Acrylic Resins; C496735:trisacryl gelatin microspheres; D005780:Gelatin