Retroperitoneal unicentric Castleman's disease (giant lymph node hyperplasia): case report
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Retroperitoneal unicentric Castleman's disease (giant lymph node hyperplasia): case report.
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Castleman's disease, or giant lymph node hyperplasia, is a rare disorder of the lymphoid tissue that causes lymph node enlargement. It is considered benign in its localized form, but aggressive in the multicentric type. The definitive diagnosis is based on postoperative pathological findings. The aim here was to describe a case of retroperitoneal unicentric Castleman's dis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sao Paulo Medical Journal
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1516-3180
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802007000400013