Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma arising from a multicentric mixed variant of Castleman's disease

I Venizelos; D Tamiolakis; C Simopoulos; S Nikolaidou; S Barbagadaki; M Lambropoulou; G Alexiadis; P Boglou; N Papadopoulos

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma arising from a multicentric mixed variant of Castleman's disease

Indian J Cancer. 2004 Jul-Sep;41(3):135-7.

Authors

I Venizelos¹, D Tamiolakis, C Simopoulos, S Nikolaidou, S Barbagadaki, M Lambropoulou, G Alexiadis, P Boglou, N Papadopoulos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Ippokration Hospital of Salonica, Greece.

PMID: 15472414

Abstract

This case report describes a patient with multicentric mixed type Castleman's disease and concomitant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of diffuse large B cell type in the neck. Multicentric CD is a systemic illness with disseminated lymphadenopathy; its aggressive and usually fatal course is associated with infectious complications and risk for malignant tumors, such as lymphoma or Kaposi sarcoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
Castleman Disease / complications*
Castleman Disease / pathology
Castleman Disease / therapy
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Lymphoma, B-Cell / complications*
Lymphoma, B-Cell / pathology
Lymphoma, B-Cell / therapy
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / complications*
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / pathology
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / therapy
Male