Surgical Management of Unicentric Castleman's Disease in the Abdomen.
Castleman's disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder that can involve single or multiple lymph nodes in the body. Especially, the localized form of CD is known to be well-controlled by using a surgical resection. On occasion, the surgeon may confront an abdominal and retroperitoneal mass of unknown origin. Thus, we present this case in which we treated a 16-year-old female patient for CD and investigated how to evaluate and manage the situation from the standpoint of CD. Also, we give a review of the pathology, clinical manifestation, diagnosis, and treatment of CD.
Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
Min-Sang
MS
Kim
Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
Jae-Kyun
JK
Ju
Department of Pathology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
Young
Y
Kim
Giant lymph node hyperplasia