A Palpable Painless Axillary Mass as the Clinical Manifestation of Castleman’s Disease in a Patient with Hepatitis C Disease
Joint Authors
Tsavari, Aikaterini
Manoludaki, Kassiani
Papazafiropoulou, Athanasia
Angelidi, Angeliki M.
Kousoulis, Antonis A.
Christofilidis, Georgios
Sagia, Chariklia
Kaftanidou, Liountmila
Kamaratos, Alexandros
Melidonis, Andreas
Kranidiotis, Georgios P.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-05-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction.
Castleman’s disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder.
CD is divided into two clinical subtypes: the most common unicentric and the less usual multicentric subtype.
The majority of unicentric CD affects the mediastinum, while neck, abdomen, and axilla are less common locations.
Case Presentation.
Herein, we describe a rare case of unicentric CD in the right axilla in a 36-year-old white male with a medical history of hepatitis C virus infection admitted to our hospital due to palpation of a painless mass in the right axilla.
Complete excision of the lesion was performed and, one year after the diagnosis, patient was free of the disease.
Conclusions.
Although infrequent, it is important to include CD in the differential diagnosis when evaluating axillary lymphadenopathy particularly in young patients with a low-grade inflammation process and chronic disease even in the absence of an abnormal blood picture or organomegaly.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Papazafiropoulou, Athanasia& Angelidi, Angeliki M.& Kousoulis, Antonis A.& Christofilidis, Georgios& Sagia, Chariklia& Kaftanidou, Liountmila…[et al.]. 2016. A Palpable Painless Axillary Mass as the Clinical Manifestation of Castleman’s Disease in a Patient with Hepatitis C Disease. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101063
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Papazafiropoulou, Athanasia…[et al.]. A Palpable Painless Axillary Mass as the Clinical Manifestation of Castleman’s Disease in a Patient with Hepatitis C Disease. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101063
American Medical Association (AMA)
Papazafiropoulou, Athanasia& Angelidi, Angeliki M.& Kousoulis, Antonis A.& Christofilidis, Georgios& Sagia, Chariklia& Kaftanidou, Liountmila…[et al.]. A Palpable Painless Axillary Mass as the Clinical Manifestation of Castleman’s Disease in a Patient with Hepatitis C Disease. Case Reports in Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101063
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1101063