Unicentric Castleman's disease associated with end stage renal disease caused by amyloidosis

World J Clin Cases. 2017 Mar 16;5(3):119-123. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v5.i3.119.

Abstract

Castleman's disease (CD), also known as angiofolicular lymph node hyperplasia, is a rare heterogenous group of lymphoproliferative disorders. Histologically, it can be classified as hyaline vascular type, plasma cell type, or mixed type. Clinically two different subtypes of the CD are present: Unicentric and multicentric. Unicentric CD is generally asymptomatic and associated with hyaline vascular type, and its diagnoses depend on the localized lymphadenopathy on examination or imaging studies. However, multicentric CD presents with generalized lymphadenopathy and systemic symptoms including malaise, fever, night sweats, weight loss, and it is associated with the plasma cell type and mix type. Herein, we report a patient with unicentric CD of the plasma cell type without systemic symptoms, who developed end stage renal failure caused by amyloidosis 6 years after onset of CD.

Keywords: Amyloidosis; Castleman’s disease; End stage renal disease; Inflammation; Plasma cell.

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