Retroperitoneal Castleman’s Disease

• Main Authors: Kota Shimokihara, Takashi Kawahara, Ryo Kasahara, Jun Kasuga, Shinpei Sugiura, Ryosuke Tajiri, Hiroji Uemura, Kimio Chiba
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Karger Publishers 2019-11-01
• Series: Case Reports in Oncology
• Subjects: retroperitoneal tumor; castleman’s disease; hyaline vascular type
• Online Access: https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/504700

Castleman’s disease was first reported in 1954 by Castleman et al. and identified as an uncommon lymphoproliferative disorder. In most cases, Castleman’s diseases are detected in the chest, head, and neck. A 71-year-old man was referred to our hospital due to a retroperitoneal tumor in the para-aortic area by computed tomography (CT). Positron emission tomography-CT revealed an uptake in this tumor, suggesting malignant diseases. Laparoscopic tumorectomy was performed, and the pathological diagnosis was Castleman’s disease, hyaline vascular type. No evidence of recurrence was observed 20 months after surgery. We herein report a rare case of retroperitoneal Castleman’s disease.