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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1991; 14(2):185-189

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1991.14.2.185

Case Report

Castleman's Disease in the Retroperitoneum: A Case Report

Sang Yeong Lee, Bong Suck Shim, Sung Won Kwon, Ok Kyung Kim*

Copyright ⓒ 1991. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

Castleman's disease(Giant lymph node hyperplasia) is a disorder characterized by massive enlargement of lymph node in the mediastinum and occurs rarely in the neck, axillary area and abdomen. Giant lymph node hyperplasia was first described by Castleman in 1954. The Castleman's disease in the retropertoneum is the extremely rare disease according to the literatures.

The authors experienced a Castleman's disease in the retroperitoneum of 40 year old male patient who had been suffered from intermittent abdominal discomfort and indigestion. and so reported the case with thereview of the literatures.