title: [Pulmonary hilum Castleman's disease: a report of 4 cases and review of literature].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical characteristics of pulmonary hilum Castleman's disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical characteristics of 4 patients diagnosed with pulmonary hilum Castleman's disease in our department were analysed and compared with findings in relevant literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Gender and age were not associated with Castleman's disease. The disease was often identified in physical examinations with atypical clinical symptoms. Chest CT was the most common and valuable diagnostic method revealing soft tissue mass near the pulmonary hilum. Gross-total resection of the tumor and (or) lobectomy through a combined posterior trans-thoracic approach were commonly performed, with good prognosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hilum Castleman's disease can be effectively diagnosed and treated.
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors: Chun-Ping
authors: CP
authors: Du
authors: Cheng
authors: C
authors: Shen
authors: Yu-Bin
authors: YB
authors: Zhou
authors: Guo-Wei
authors: GW
authors: Che
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed