Unicentric Castleman's disease presenting with growth retardation and iron deficiency anemia.
A 16-year-old boy presented with growth retardation and iron deficiency anemia. The disease was identified incidentally in the pararenal retroperitoneum after computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans. A retroperitoneal lesion was removed in its entirety and was histologically confirmed to be a symptom of Castleman's disease of the unicentric plasma cell type. The unicentric plasma cell type appears so rarely in the retroperitoneum that a similar case has been reported only once. The patient was discharged on day 9 after surgery without significant complications and grew 18 cm within a year.
Second Department of Special Treatment, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Lei
L
Yin
Xin-yuan
XY
Lu
Feng
F
Xu
Ai-Jun
AJ
Li
Meng-chao
MC
Wu
D000293:Adolescent; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000473:pathology*