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, cilt.56, sa.5, ss.303-305, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 56 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1055/s-2008-1038408
  • Dergi Adı: THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.303-305
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.