A Case of Retroperitoneal Castleman’s Disease and an Update on the Latest Evidence

Eleftherios Spartalis; Petros Charalampoudis; Apostolos Kandilis; Antonios Athanasiou; Petros Tsaparas; Athanasios Voutsarakis; Ioannis D. Kostakis; Dimitrios Dimitroulis; Evanthia Svolou; Penelope Korkolopoulou; Nikolaos Nikiteas; Gregory Kouraklis

doi:10.1155/2014/643746

Case Reports in Surgery (Jan 2014)

A Case of Retroperitoneal Castleman’s Disease and an Update on the Latest Evidence

Eleftherios Spartalis,
Petros Charalampoudis,
Apostolos Kandilis,
Antonios Athanasiou,
Petros Tsaparas,
Athanasios Voutsarakis,
Ioannis D. Kostakis,
Dimitrios Dimitroulis,
Evanthia Svolou,
Penelope Korkolopoulou,
Nikolaos Nikiteas,
Gregory Kouraklis

Affiliations

Eleftherios Spartalis: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece
Petros Charalampoudis: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece
Apostolos Kandilis: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece
Antonios Athanasiou: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece
Petros Tsaparas: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece
Athanasios Voutsarakis: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece
Ioannis D. Kostakis: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece
Dimitrios Dimitroulis: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece
Evanthia Svolou: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece
Penelope Korkolopoulou: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece
Nikolaos Nikiteas: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece
Gregory Kouraklis: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/643746
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2014

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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.

Published in Case Reports in Surgery

ISSN: 2090-6900 (Print); 2090-6919 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/4629

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