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

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 un...

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Main Authors:	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
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Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:	Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/643746

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spelling	doaj-06d6f3267a604d3bbbb7b00779f284a22020-11-24T23:54:16ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192014-01-01201410.1155/2014/643746643746A Case of Retroperitoneal Castleman’s Disease and an Update on the Latest EvidenceEleftherios Spartalis0Petros Charalampoudis1Apostolos Kandilis2Antonios Athanasiou3Petros Tsaparas4Athanasios Voutsarakis5Ioannis D. Kostakis6Dimitrios Dimitroulis7Evanthia Svolou8Penelope Korkolopoulou9Nikolaos Nikiteas10Gregory Kouraklis112nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, Greece2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, General Hospital “Laikon”, Agiou Thoma 15b, Vasilissis Sofias 49, Kolonaki, 106 76 Athens, GreeceCastleman’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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/643746
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author	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
spellingShingle	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 A Case of Retroperitoneal Castleman’s Disease and an Update on the Latest Evidence Case Reports in Surgery
author_facet	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
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title	A Case of Retroperitoneal Castleman’s Disease and an Update on the Latest Evidence
title_short	A Case of Retroperitoneal Castleman’s Disease and an Update on the Latest Evidence
title_full	A Case of Retroperitoneal Castleman’s Disease and an Update on the Latest Evidence
title_fullStr	A Case of Retroperitoneal Castleman’s Disease and an Update on the Latest Evidence
title_full_unstemmed	A Case of Retroperitoneal Castleman’s Disease and an Update on the Latest Evidence
title_sort	case of retroperitoneal castleman’s disease and an update on the latest evidence
publisher	Hindawi Limited
series	Case Reports in Surgery
issn	2090-6900 2090-6919
publishDate	2014-01-01
description	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.
url	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/643746
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