Castleman’s disease in the abdomen in children Clinical and sonographics findings: Case report and review of literature

Dr Nguyen Huu Chi1, Dr Huynh Nhat Hanh Nhan1, Dr Vo Ha Nhat Thuy1, Dr Nguyen Thi Thu Hien1, Dr Dinh Viet Hung1
1 Children's Hospital 1

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Abstract

Castleman’s disease, also known as angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia, is a rare benign disease, has two principal histologic types are hyaline-vascular and plasma cell types, can be unicentric or multicentric. The disease is usually detected by imaging diagnostic tools, but difficult to diagnose accurately before surgery and is easily confused with malignant disease. We present 5 cases of hyaline vascular unicentric Castleman disease in the abdomen, had been operated at Children's Hospital N01, we investigated the ultrasound characteristics and reviewed literature.

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