Retroperitoneal Unicentric Castleman's disease, a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Castleman's disease (CD) is an unusual nonmalignant lymphoproliferative disorder which presented with enlarged hyperplastic lymphoid tissue and had three subtypes, hyaline-vascular, plasma cell, and mixed form according to histologic findings.

Case report

We report a 31-year-old woman who presented with abdominal pain from 3 months ago. Imaging studies showed a well-defined mass on back of pancreas without any invasion. The histopathological examination revealed lymphoid tissue with prominent vascular proliferation and hyalinization of the vessel walls compatible with Hyaline vascular CD. So, pathological assessment is essential for the diagnosis.

Conclusion

Unicentric CD must be considered as differential diagnosis in a solid solitary abdominal mass. In

SUBMITTER: Miratashi Yazdi SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9289496 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature