title: Castleman's Disease-A Rare Diagnosis in the Retroperitoneum.
abstract: Abdominal masses have always been a dilemma for the surgeons and this problem is more so in retroperitoneal masses. In our case, the patient presented with retroperitoneal mass in the left lumbar region with no other specific local or systemic symptoms. The diagnosis of Castleman's disease was established only after histopathological examination of the mass after resection. Castleman's disease is an angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia presenting either as a localized or a systemic disease. In our case, the patient presented with the localized form of the disease and as it is a rare presentation we are presenting this case.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical Hospital and Research Centre, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune 18 India.
authors.forename: Dakshyani S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Nirhale
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical Hospital and Research Centre, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune 18 India.
authors.forename: Ramchandra N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Bharadwaj
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical Hospital and Research Centre, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune 18 India.
authors.forename: Virendra S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Athavale
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical Hospital and Research Centre, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune 18 India.
authors.forename: Ruchita K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical Hospital and Research Centre, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune 18 India.
authors.forename: Charit
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bora
keywords: Castleman’s disease; Lymph node hyperplasia; Retroperitoneal mass