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Rare case of the hyaline vascular type of Castleman's disease of the kidney
Author(s) -
Hatano Koji.,
Fujita Shigeki,
Tsujimoto Yuichi,
Takada Tsuyoshi,
Honda Masato,
Tsujimoto Masahiko,
Matsumiya Kiyomi,
Fujioka Hideki
Publication year - 2007
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 - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2007.01900.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hyaline , nephrectomy , differential diagnosis , kidney , pathology , castleman disease , rare disease , renal mass , radiology , disease
Castleman's disease (CD) is a rare disorder characterized by a benign proliferation of lymphoid tissue. Most cases tend to present as a mediastinal mass. A few extrathoracic cases involving nodal and extranodal locations have previously been reported. To the best of our knowledge, however, only one case of CD of the kidney has been published in an English report. We herein report a rare case of CD presenting as a left renal tumor. A 70‐year‐old male was examined by computed tomography for a follow‐up for colonic diverticulitis and a left renal mass measuring 2.0 cm in diameter was incidentally found. The patient underwent a left partial nephrectomy for a left renal mass and a histopathological analysis demonstrated the hyaline vascular type of CD. Based on our findings, CD should be included in the differential diagnosis of renal tumors.