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Unicentric Castleman's disease with leiomyosarcoma: A rare association
Author(s) -
TAKEHARA KOUSUKE,
SAKAI HIDEKI,
IGAWA TSUKASA,
TSURUSAKI TOSHIFUMI,
HAYASHI TOMAYOSHI,
KANETAKE HIROSHI
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2003.00703.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , leiomyosarcoma , castleman disease , hyaline , inferior vena cava , radiology , disease , pathology
A 54‐year‐old asymptomatic woman was first diagnosed with unicentric Castleman's disease at 51 years of age. The disease was identified incidentally behind the inferior vena cava after a computed tomography (CT) scan. She was followed conservatively and no enlargement of the mass was observed. However, a follow‐up CT scan revealed another solid mass in the left retroperitoneal area. Both tumors were surgically removed in the same session. The retrocaval mass was histologically confirmed to be Castleman's disease of the hyaline vascular type. Histological examination of the left peritoneal mass revealed low‐grade leiomyosarcoma. We present here a case of leiomyosarcoma associated with unicentric Castleman's disease, both of which were localized in the retroperitoneum.