A case of plasma cell type castleman's disease that transformed into a malignant lymphoma.
- Author:
So Jeong KWON
1
;
Je Suk JOON
;
Dong Yeup LEE
;
Byung Ki LEE
;
Hwang Joong HA
;
Choong Ki LEE
;
Ik Su KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Fatima Hospital, Taegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Castleman's disease;
plasma cell type;
malignant lymphoma
- MeSH:
Giant Lymph Node Hyperplasia*;
Hodgkin Disease;
Hyperplasia;
Lung;
Lymph Nodes;
Lymphoma*;
Mediastinum;
Peritoneum;
Plasma Cells*;
Plasma*;
Sarcoma, Kaposi
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
1999;56(1):124-128
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Castleman's disease is a benign disorder characterized by hypervascular lymphoid hyperplasia. The etiology of the disease is still unknown. Although it may occur at the various sites such as peritoneum, retroperitoneum, pelvic lymph node, muscle and lung, it occurs most commonly at the mediastinum. Even though specific pathophysiologic relations are still not clearly determined between two different histologic types -hyaline vascular type and plasma cell type-, there were several previous reports dealing with the plasma cell type transformed or progressed into different types of malignancies such as malignant lymphoma, Kaposi's sarcoma and Hodgkin's disease. We experienced a case of plasma cell type Castleman's disease that transformed into a malignant lymphoma and report this case with review of literatures.
