Giant mass due to Castleman's disease causing superior vena cava syndrome

TEKİNBAŞ C., EROL M. M., OZSU S. S., Cobanoglu U., KOSUCU P.

THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, vol.56, no.5, pp.303-305, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 56 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1055/s-2008-1038408
  • Journal Name: THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.303-305
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Castleman's disease is an uncommon disorder Occurring mostly in patients presenting with localized mediastinal lymphadenopathy. It is usually asymptornatic. With localized disease, Surgical excision is curative. Castleman's disease can very rarely present as superior vena cava syndrome. We describe a case of mediastinal Castleman's disease which presented as vena cava superior syndrome; it is the largest mediastinal mass from Castleman's disease reported in the literature.