title: Attention! Cardiac tamponade may be caused by underlying Castleman's disease.
abstract: Castleman's disease is a rarely observed lymphoproliferative disease. In the literature, various signs and symptoms of the disease have been reported; one of these is secondary cardiac tamponade. We describe the case of a 41-year-old man who developed cardiac tamponade during examination, and who was later diagnosed with Castleman's disease, based on his lymph node biopsies.
authors.affiliation: Van Training and Research Hospital Department of Hematology, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hilmi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Atay
authors.affiliation: Erzurum Region Training and Research Hospital Department of Hematology, Erzurum, Turkey ekelkitli@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Engin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kelkitli
authors.affiliation: 19 Mayis University Medical School Department of Internal Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Muhammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okuyucu
authors.affiliation: 19 Mayis University Medical School Department of Pathology, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.affiliation: 19 Mayis University Medical School Department of Hematology, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turgut
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male
keywords: Biopsy; cardiac tamponade; diagnosis; differential; giant lymph node hyperplasia