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Retroperitoneal Pararenal Mass; Castleman Disease: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Alper Ozorak
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the annals of clinical and analytical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2667-663X
DOI - 10.4328/jcam.1743
Subject(s) - medicine , castleman disease , disease , radiology , general surgery , pathology
Castleman%u2019s disease is a heterogeneous group of lymphoproliferative disorders with unknown etiology presenting with lymphadenopathy. Although Castleman%u2019s Disease may occur anywhere along the lymphatic chain, the mediastinum is the most common location (70%). We represent 36-year-old male patient with homogeneous retroperitoneal mass that interrelated with renal hilum of the right kidney in abdominal tomography. Surgical complete resection performed and histopathological diagnosis of the resected tissue was hyaline-vascular type of Castleman%u2019s disease It is histologically and prognostically distinct from malignant lymph-node hyperplasia. Although Castleman%u2019s disease is rare condition, it should always be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal tumors

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