title: Localized peripancreatic plasma cell Castleman disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 3rd Department of Surgery, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, Rumini 1 Street, Chaidari, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Charalabopoulos
authors.forename: Evangelos P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Misiakos
authors.forename: Perikles
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Foukas
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tsapralis
authors.forename: Anestis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Charalampopoulos
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liakakos
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macheras
mesh_terms: 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