title: Castleman's Disease with Paraneoplastic Pemphigus.
abstract: Castleman's disease is a rare autoimmune disorder with varied clinical presentations. Castleman's commonly involves mediastinum and hence it is thoracic in most of the reported cases. Paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) and myasthenia gravis can be associated with multicentric Castleman's disease. Its association with HIV, Kaposi sarcoma, and lymphoma is also well known. We report a rare combination of unicentric, extrathoracic Castleman's disease with PNP and myasthenia gravis.
authors: Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors: Dinesha
authors: Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors: Mahesha
authors: M
authors: Padyana
authors: Department of Skin and VD, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors: Kashinath
authors: K
authors: Nayak
authors: Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Nirupama
authors: Department of Neurology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors: D Shivanand
authors: DS
authors: Pai
keywords: Autoimmune; Castleman's disease; myasthenia gravis; pemphigus