The Castlemen's Disease in Mediastinum -A Case Report-

종격동에 발생한 Castlement's Disease -1례보고-

  • Yoon, Hoo-Sik (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Maryknoll Hospital) ;
  • Chang, Gie-Kyung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Maryknoll Hospital) ;
  • Kang, Jeong-Soo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Maryknoll Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Hun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Maryknoll Hospital)
  • 윤후식 (메리놀병원 흉부외과) ;
  • 장기경 (메리놀병원 흉부외과) ;
  • 강정수 (메리놀병원 흉부외과) ;
  • 김훈 (메리놀병원 흉부외과)
  • Published : 2000.03.01

Abstract

Castleman's disease is a relatively rate disorder of lymphoid tissue and poorly understood etiology. The disease may occur anywhere along the lymphatic chain, but is most commonly found as a solitary mass in the mediastinum. The hyaline vascular type represents 91% of Castlemen's disease, and these are most often discovered in the asymptomatic patient on routine chest film. Patients with the plasma cell type often exhibit systemic symptoms, including fever, night sweats, anemia, and hypergammaglobulinemia. Surgical excision effects cure, although resection of the hyaline vascular type may be associated with significant hemprrage owing to extreme vascularity. We recently experienced a case of hyaline vascular type Castleman's disease which was treated by surgical resection through the anterior mini-thoracotomy, and report with its review.

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