title: Castleman's disease presenting as a pleural mass in the thoracic cavity.
abstract: A 61-year-old non-smoking Turkish woman presented with chest pain for 10 months. Computed tomography of the chest revealed a solitary, relatively well circumscribed, heterogeneous mass of 4 x 6 cm diameter in left posterior-lateral hemithorax. On thoracotomy, an extraparanchymal mass destructing the ribs was determined. Mass excision and partial chest wall resection were performed. On histopathologic examination, this mass showed features of the hyaline vascular type of Castleman's disease.
authors: Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Investigation Hospital, Istanbul, Tukey.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Sulu
authors: Ozlem Makbule
authors: OM
authors: Akbay
authors: Esra Akkutuk
authors: EA
authors: Ongel
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Aksoy
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Bektemur
authors: Huriye Berk
authors: HB
authors: Takir
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology*; D035423:Thoracic Cavity / Q000473:pathology*