UNICENTRIC CASTLEMAN DISEASE PRESENTING AS A LARGE RETROPERITONEAL MASS–A CASE REPORT

Dr.Sudam Sadangi; Dr.Rasananda Mangual; Dr. Tapas Kumar Rout; Dr.Prasanta Kumar Dash

Volume : IV, Issue : XII, December - 2014

UNICENTRIC CASTLEMAN DISEASE PRESENTING AS A LARGE RETROPERITONEAL MASS–A CASE REPORT

Dr. Sudam Sadangi, Dr. Rasananda Mangual, Dr. Tapas Kumar Rout, Dr. Prasanta Kumar Dash

Abstract :

<p>Castlemandisease (CD) described by castleman as a large,benign,asymptomatic mass involving mediastinal lymph nodes.The causes of CD are mostly unknown.As patients with CD can have markedly different presentation and clinical courses,with some lesions requiring innovative approaches to therapy, the major unifying< /> feature is the histologic appearance.it may be unicentric or multicentric,hyaline&ndash;vascular variant or plasma cell variant.< /> unicentric variant mostly present as a isolated lymph node mass ,often mediastinal or cervical.we present a case of unicentriccastleman disease(hyaline vascular variant) presenting as a large retroperitoneal mass.</p>