CASTLEMANS DISEASE PRESENTING AS A PEDIATRIC SURGICAL PROBLEM

被引:24
作者
SHROFF, VJ
GILCHRIST, BF
DELUCA, FG
MCCOMBS, HL
WESSELHOEFT, CW
机构
[1] BROWN UNIV,RHODE ISL HOSP,SCH MED,DEPT SURG,DIV PEDIAT SURG,PROVIDENCE,RI 02903
[2] BROWN UNIV,RHODE ISL HOSP,SCH MED,DEPT PATHOL,PROVIDENCE,RI 02903
关键词
CASTLEMANS DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY;
D O I
10.1016/0022-3468(95)90707-6
中图分类号
R72 [儿科学];
学科分类号
100202 ;
摘要
A 9-year-old girl presented with anemia, fever, and poor growth over a 2 1/2-year period. On physical examination, a right lower quadrant mass was palpated. Her signs and symptoms were consistent with Castleman's disease of the plasma cell type. The mass, a giant hyperplastic lymph node, was excised, and the patient's symptoms resolved. Castleman's disease is a benign lymph node disorder that occurs very rarely in the pediatric population and is cured by operative excision of-the lymphatic mass. Copyright (C) 1995 by W.B. Saunders Company
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页码:745 / 747
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