title: Case Report Unicentric Castleman disease located in the anterior mediastinum misdiagnosed as invasive thymoma: a case report.
abstract: Castleman disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder of unknown etiology. The localized form, which usually presents as a slow-growing mass, is most commonly located in the mediastinum. Invasion of the vena anonyma by a mass has rarely been reported. We herein describe a case of initially misdiagnosed invasive thymoma in a 72-year-old woman, but postoperatively proven to have anterior mediastinal Castleman disease with invasion of the vena anonyma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China yuliudoc@163.com.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
authors.forename: X M
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery