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Journals / Current Thoracic Surgery / 2020 / Cilt: 5 - Sayı: 1

A rare case: Castleman’s disease

Soner GÜRSOY, Ahmet ÜÇVET, Zekiye AYDOĞDU, Ezgi Çimen ÇELİK, Tarık YAĞCI

Pages
43–45
DOI
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Abstract

Castleman’s disease is angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia that occurs as a result of abnormal proliferation of plasma cells and B lymphocytes in lymphoid tissues. It has been shown to be associated with HHV-8 and HIV infections and may be unicentric or multicentric. This case is presented due to its rareness, good prognosis after complete surgery for unicentric type, and dramatically improved symptoms.