Unicentric Castleman's disease in peripancreatic tissue: case report and review of the literature.
Castleman's disease is a rare disorder of the lymphoid tissue that usually occurs in the mediastinum even if extrathoracic involvement, including neck, axilla, mesentery and retroperitoneum, has also been described. We report a case of a 69 years old men with peripancreatic localisation, mimicking a pancreatic neoplasm treated with local excision. Only seven cases of pancreatic and peripancreatic localisation are described in the world-wide literature. This particular site of disease may give troublesome differential diagnosis due to non specific clinical signs and radiological features. Often surgical excision is both diagnostic and therapeutic.
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Ospedale Santissimo Salvatore, San Giovanni in Persiceto, Dipartimento Chirurgico, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, Bologna.
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D000368:Aged; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome