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CASE REPORT
Unicentric Castleman's disease: an uncommon cause of posterior mediastinal mass
  1. Aliasghar Alavi1,
  2. Mehrnaz Asadi Gharabaghi2
  1. 1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
  2. 2Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mehrnaz Asadi Gharabaghi, asadi_m{at}tums.ac.ir

Summary

Castleman's disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disease that may be unicentric or multicentric in presentation. It may develop anywhere along with the lymphatic system such as the abdomen, neck and thoracic cavity. However, mediastinum is the most common location for unicentric disease. Here, we discuss a unicentric Castleman's disease in a 28-year-old woman who presented with cough, mild dysphagia and a large posterior mediastinal mass.

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