Localized Castleman’s Disease in the Breast in a Young Woman

Castleman’s disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder of unknown etiology. It typically occurs in adulthood but it may also develop in childhood. Clinically, this disease may be classified as localized (unicentric) or systemic (multicentric). Six cases of breast CD have been described in t...

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Autores:
Guio, José Ismael
López-Correa, Patricia
Parra-Medina, Rafael
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2016
Institución:
Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud - FUCS
Repositorio:
Repositorio Digital Institucional ReDi
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.fucsalud.edu.co:001/1441
Acceso en línea:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8413987
https://repositorio.fucsalud.edu.co/handle/001/1441
Palabra clave:
Enfermedad de Castleman
Trastornos linfoproliferativos
Mama - Anomalías
Mama - Patología
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0)
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Summary:Castleman’s disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder of unknown etiology. It typically occurs in adulthood but it may also develop in childhood. Clinically, this disease may be classified as localized (unicentric) or systemic (multicentric). Six cases of breast CD have been described in the literature, and all have been reported in adults. Herein we describe the case of a 15-year-old female who presented with a slow-growing tumor in the right breast. The tumor was excised and histopathological examination demonstrated hyaline vascular variant CD. After two years of follow-up, the patient was asymptomatic without evidence of cervical or axillary lymphadenopathy.