title: Primary mediastinal Castleman's disease.
abstract: Castleman's disease is a rare entity with an unknown etiology which was first described by Castleman in 1954. It is a lymphoproliferative disorder histologically classified into three types; hyaline-vascular, plasma cell type and mixed type. It might be localized or multicentric and usually involves the mediastinum. We report a case of Castleman's disease discovered accidentally in a case of blunt chest trauma which caused a challenging diagnostic process and management.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Surgery Department, King Fahd University Hospital, King Faisal University, Al Khobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mohamed A H
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Regal
authors.forename: Yasser M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Aljehani
authors.forename: Hanan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bousbait