Localized peripancreatic plasma cell Castleman disease.
Castleman disease (CD) is a rare, benign, and usually systemic lymphoproliferative disorder. Unicentric Castleman disease of the pancreas is extremely rare, with only less than 10 cases described in the literature. We describe a case of an isolated peripancreatic localization of a plasma cell-type Castleman disease, its clinical presentation, the diagnostic evaluation, and the cure of disease by surgical excision.
Charalabopoulos
Alexandre
A
3rd Department of Surgery, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, Rumini 1 Street, Chaidari, Athens, Greece.
Misiakos
Evangelos P
EP
Foukas
Perikles
P
Tsapralis
Dimitrios
D
Charalampopoulos
Anestis
A
Liakakos
Theodore
T
Macheras
Anastasios
A
D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000473:pathology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome