Surgical Management of Unicentric Castleman's Disease in the Abdomen
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Surgical Management of Unicentric Castleman's Disease in the Abdomen
Castleman's disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder that can involve single or multiple lymph nodes in the body. Especially, the localized form of CD is known to be well-controlled by using a surgical resection. On occasion, the surgeon may confront an abdominal and retroperitoneal mass of unknown origin. Thus, we present this case in which we treated a 16-year-old female patient fo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Coloproctology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2287-9714,2287-9722
DOI: 10.3393/ac.2014.30.2.97