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Gaceta Médica Espirituana
versión On-line ISSN 1608-8921
Resumen
ALMEIDA ESQUIVEL, Yudelky; GUERRERO RODRIGUEZ, María Antonia; PINON GARCIA, Karell y CABRERA ALMARALES, Claudio. Castleman disease. Case report. Gac Méd Espirit [online]. 2023, vol.25, n.3 Epub 14-Dic-2023. ISSN 1608-8921.
Background:
Castleman disease is an uncommon process and is characterized by the non-clonal lymphocyte proliferation.
Objective:
To describe the clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment in a patient with Castleman disease.
Case presentation:
53 years old male patient, fair skin color, who attended to the surgery service for presenting a mass in the abdominal region. With the general anesthesia administration, the lesion was excised and an unicentric Castleman disease was diagnosed by the Pathological Anatomy department, hyaline vascular variety.
Conclusions:
Castleman disease is not frequent, its symptomatology and treatment vary according to the clinical presentation; and the definitive diagnosis is obtained by a biopsy analysis of an affected ganglion.
Palabras clave : Unicentric Castleman's disease; LYMPH NODES and surgery; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS and surgery; biopsy.