Castleman’s disease is a disorder of the lymph nodes that encompasses heterogeneous clinical conditions and can be classified into two main types - hyaline vascular and plasma cell. The affected age group ranges widely from two to 80 years old at the time of diagnosis, with a variable clinical presentation. The etiology of Castleman’s disease is not yet well-understood; however, a number of factors have been linked to its pathogenesis including certain cytokines, viral infections, autoimmunity, immunodeficiency, chronic inflammation, and Kaposi sarcoma. In this study, we present a case of a 52-year-old Saudi female with a history of pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis, who was then found to have mild splenomegaly, mediastinal, bilateral hilar, supraclavicular, paraaortic, and right axillary lymphadenopathy on CT scan, to be later diagnosed as a multicentric Castleman’s disease (MCD). Moreover, the clinical picture, pathogenesis, clinical and histological variants, as well as the treatment options of MCD are discussed.
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