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Castleman’s disease: a report of two rare cases
Castleman’s disease: a report of two rare cases
Erdal Yekeler1, Metin Akgün2, Semra Vural3, Fazlı Erdoğan4
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Palandöken State Hospital, Erzurum
2Department of Chest Diseases, Medicine Faculty of Atatürk University, Erzurum
3Department of Pathology, Palandöken State Hospital, Erzurum
4Department of Pathology, Medicine Faculty of Atatürk University, Erzurum
Castleman’s disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder,
which usually occurs in the chest. The localized form, which
is the most common, is often asymptomatic, but can cause
nonspecific thoracic symptoms such as cough and dyspnea.
Surgical removal is the choice of approach for the management
of such cases, in both confirming the diagnosis and
curative treatment. A 43-year-old woman who had a history
of dry cough for the last six months and a 24-year-old man
who had a right anterior chest pain complaint for a year were
admitted to our clinic. Thorax computed tomography of cases
showed a right hilar well-defined intraparenchymal lesion in
the former one and a mass lesion located on the right anterior
chest wall in the latter. Surgical intervention was planned
in both cases. Histopathological examination of the surgical
specimen of both cases revealed hyaline vascular type
Castleman’s disease. We report two unusual thoracic manifestations
of Castleman’s disease with chest wall and intraparenchymal
location, the latter of which is extremely rare.
Keywords : Castleman’s disease; intraparenchymal; surgical excision
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