title: Surgically curable non-iron deficiency microcytic anemia: Castleman's disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Castleman's disease (CD) is a rare, benign lymphoproliferative disorder that can involve single lymph node stations or can be systemic. Unicentric CD in patients with microcytic anemia is rarely described in the English literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe the case of a 19-year-old Chinese woman with hyaline vascular type of unicentric CD presenting as severe non-iron deficiency microcytic anemia. We report the clinical course from the initial presentation to diagnosis and surgical cure, and discuss the most up-to-date information on CD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CD should be included in the differential diagnosis of microcytic anemia. Imaging tools and pathological studies should be considered in order to make a more accurate diagnosis and to avoid the use of ineffective treatments.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chien-Hsiang
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.forename: Joe-Bin
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Cheng-Chung
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Tseng-Hsi
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006452:Hemoglobinometry; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult