Diagnosis and treatment of abdominal Castleman disease
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-9752.2010.04.012
- VernacularTitle:腹部Castleman病的临床诊断和治疗
- Author:
Xuequan FANG
;
Yupei ZHAO
;
Taiping ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Castleman disease;
Diagnosis;
Treatment
- From:
Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery
2010;09(4):273-275
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To summarize the diagnosis and treatment of abdominal Castleman disease.Methods The clinical data of 17 patients with abdominal Castleman disease who were admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital were retrospectively analysed. Eleven patients had no symptoms, two had an abdominal mass, two had oral ulcers and rash, one had edema and was short of breath and one had dull pain in the upper abdomen and vomiting. Two patients were examined by X-ray, 17 by ultrasound, and 13 by computed tomography(CT). Results Four patients were diagnosed with abdominal Castleman disease by CT preoperatively, and the remaining 13 patients were not conclusively diagnosed. Localized lesions of 14 patients were completely resected,and three patients with multicentric lessions received partial resection or biopsy. The diagnosis of all patients was confirmed by histopathological examination. The expression of CD3, CD20, CD21 and CD34 of 14 patients with hyaline-vascular type was positive, and the expression of CD3, CD68 and PCNA of three patients with plasma-cell type was positive. One patients was lost of follow up, and the remaining 16 patients were followed up for 3-12 months, and neither metastasis nor recurrence was observed. Conclusions The clinical manifestations of abdominal Castleman disease are nonspecific, and therefore, it is difficult to acquire a definite diagnosis before operation. Early complete resection should be applied to patients with localized Castleman disease, while for patients with multicentric Castleman disease, postoperative chemotherapy is necessary for a good prognosis.
