title: Mesenteric Castleman's disease in a 12-year-old girl.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Castleman's disease is a rare disorder characterized by proliferation of the lymphoid tissue usually presenting as an asymptomatic mediastinal mass in children. The location of the disease in the mesentery is rare.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We report a case of a 12-year-old girl with an isolated mass of mesenteric root presenting with vague abdominal pain. The surgical resection of the mass revealed the hyaline-vascular type of Castleman's disease. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fei Fei
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yu Zuo
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Bai
mesh_terms: D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008643:Mesentery; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*