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Giant Lymph Node Hyperplasia (Castleman's Disease) Associated with Temporal Arteritis
Author(s) -
Lenner Per,
Lundgren Erik
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0036-553X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1981.tb00482.x
Subject(s) - arteritis , medicine , pathology , lymph node , lymphatic system , hyperplasia , lymph , lesion , giant cell arteritis , disease , systemic disease , vasculitis
Giant lymph node hyperplasia is a lesion of lymphoid tissue, which may be accompanied by systemic manifestations like fever, anaemia and hyperglobulinaemia. A case is described with temporal arteritis, an association hitherto not described in the literature.