| Literature DB >> 22014148 |
Piero Farruggia1, Antonino Trizzino, Nunzia Scibetta, Giovanni Cecchetto, Patrizia Guerrieri, Emanuele S G D'Amore, Paolo D'Angelo.
Abstract
Castleman's disease (CD) is a rare, localized or generalized, lymphoproliferative disorder with a frequent mediastinal location, but possible in any lymph node or extra nodal site. It usually appears in young adults whilst it rarely occurs in childhood. There are only about 100 pediatric cases published, five of them in Italy. We report 3 cases of localized Castleman's disease, investigated in our Department in a 3 years period and reviewed the literature.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22014148 PMCID: PMC3219574 DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-37-50
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ital J Pediatr ISSN: 1720-8424 Impact factor: 2.638