Castleman Disease (CD) is an interesting and relatively rare lymphoproliferative disorder. The managemet of this entity depends to the presence of one or more than one foci. FDG PET is a novel diagnostic method to detect the unicentricity or multicentricity of the tumor. Here PET findings of a case with CD have been reported and co-incidental lactating breast uptake has been presented.

Angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia (Castleman's disease) was first described in 1956 by Castleman et al' as asymptomatic large, benign hyperplastic mediastinal lymph nodes that resembled thymoma. This disease has been reported in various sites and organs, but a careful search of published reports showed no case arising from the intercostal space. We report a case that arose in the chest wall.

The current massive vaccination brings a Janusfaced problem. There is a need to assess a positive effect but also to anticipate the abnormal immune response. Repeated administration of aluminum containing vaccines represents a possible risk factor for different aberrant reactions including the autoinflammatory syndrome that at this stage can be called enigmatic postvaccination phenomena. Descri...

POEMS syndrome is a rare paraneoplastic disorder associated with an underlying plasma cell dyscrasia presenting polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal protein, and skin changes. This study reviewed the clinical characteristics of 14 POEMS patients in Zhongshan hospital. The ratio of male to female was 9 : 5, and the average age was 47.1 years. The clinical manifestations were ...