Castleman's disease accompanied by pleural effusion.
Castleman's disease is a rare disorder of the lymphoid tissue. We report the case of a female patient with bilateral otosclerosis, no respiratory symptoms, and pleural effusion discovered as an incidental finding on a chest X-ray. Computed tomography of the chest revealed a mediastinal mass. The biopsy findings demonstrated that it was a plasmacytic variant of Castleman's disease. The patient underwent mediastinal mass resection. This resulted in near-total resolution of the effusion, which remained as a small loculation within the left pleural space.
Pinheiro
Valéria Góes Ferreira
VG
Department of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery, Universidade Federal do Ceará, School of Medicine, Fortaleza, Brasil. valeria.goes@terra.com.br
Fernandes
Geórgea Hermógenes
GH
Cezar
Lia Cavalcante
LC
Alves
Newton de Albuquerque
Nde A
de Menezes
Dalgimar Beserra
DB
D001706:Biopsy; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed