title: A Case of Retroperitoneal Castleman's Disease and an Update on the Latest Evidence.
abstract: Castleman's disease is a benign lymphoproliferative condition with three distinct histological subtypes. Clinically it presents in either a unicentric or multicentric manner and can affect various anatomic regions, the mediastinum being the most frequent location. We herein present a rare case of unifocal retroperitoneal mass proved to be hyaline vascular Castleman's disease. We perform a review of the current literature pertaining to such lesions, focusing on the management of the various clinical and histological variants of the disease. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice for unifocal Castleman's disease.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital "Laikon", Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Eleftherios
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authors.lastname: Spartalis
authors.affiliation: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital "Laikon", Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Petros
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Charalampoudis
authors.affiliation: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital "Laikon", Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece.
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authors.affiliation: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital "Laikon", Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Antonios
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authors.affiliation: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital "Laikon", Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece.
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authors.affiliation: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital "Laikon", Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Athanasios
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authors.lastname: Voutsarakis
authors.affiliation: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital "Laikon", Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece.
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authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Kostakis
authors.affiliation: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital "Laikon", Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dimitroulis
authors.affiliation: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital "Laikon", Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Evanthia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Svolou
authors.affiliation: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital "Laikon", Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Penelope
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Korkolopoulou
authors.affiliation: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital "Laikon", Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nikiteas
authors.affiliation: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital "Laikon", Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece.
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