Unicentric localization of Castleman’s disease treated with laparoscopic and traditional approach. Report of two cases

Tartaglia, Francesco and Blasi, Sara and Berni, Aalberto and Sgueglia, Monica and Polichetti, Paolo and Maturo, Alessandro and Palazzini, Giorgio and Tromba, Luciana and Campana, Francesco Paolo (2008) Unicentric localization of Castleman’s disease treated with laparoscopic and traditional approach. Report of two cases. Il giornale di chirurgia, 29 (10). pp. 399-402. ISSN 1971-145X

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Abstract

Castleman’s disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder. Clinically CD has been subdivided in two forms: unicentric and multicentric. The unicentric type is limited to a single anatomic lymph-node-bearing region. The present report describes two cases of unicentric CD: the first was an abdominal localization treated with a laparoscopic approach; the second was a submaxillary localization treated with a classical approach. In case 1 the laparoscopic approach permitted to reach diagnosis, not clear after diagnostic imaging procedures, and enabled a total and excellent resolution of the patology because our patient,after eight months of follow up, has had no evidence of recurrence of the disease. In case 2 we want to highlight that CD should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a solitary neck mass and that the surgical treatment is diagnostic and curative at the same time.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 617 Rami vari della medicina; Chirurgia
Depositing User:	Nadia Del Gobbo
Date Deposited:	03 Feb 2016 11:05
Last Modified:	03 Feb 2016 11:05
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/5504

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