Castleman Disease Infiltrating Great Vessels and Right Atrium

Resection of unicentric interlobar Castleman disease with following adjuvant radiotherapy

“…For example, lobectomy has been performed due to location of the tumour inside the lobe parenchyma or pneumonectomy due to profuse tumour bleeding and extension of the tumour to the adjacent lobes. Moreover, in several reports, dense adhesions 4 and even invasion into adjacent anatomical structures, including myocardium, pericardium, right atrium, coronary arteries, great vessels, peripheral pulmonary parenchyma, vertebral body, rib and chest wall, 6 , 12 , 13 necessitating more extensive resections have been described.…”

Unicentric Castleman's Disease Masquerading as a Carcinoid Tumor of the Small Intestine

“…The case being presented is of the unicentric type, UCD presents as asymptomatic condition in which the clinical manifestation is usually due to a distortion of the adjacent anatomical architecture and/or focal compression of nearby organs. 8 The lesions are typically moderate in size with a median size of 5.5 cm in diameter. 9 The specific etiology of the disease process is still largely unknown, Castleman's disease is rare, median age of onset is 35 years with equal incidence among males and females.…”