Castleman disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder, which presents in a unicentric or multicentric fashion. Multicentric Castleman disease (MCD) is associated with significant systemic symptoms, in part related to the underlying role of interleukin-6 in disease pathogenesis. Treatment for MCD has not been well established and prognosis has historically been poor. We present a case of seve...

Castleman disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder that may have a unicentric or multicentric clinical presentation. Herein we present the case of a 49-year-old female with a 3-year history of progressively worsening lymphadenopathy associated with fevers, chills and night sweats. Laboratory studies showed anemia and mildly elevated sedimentation rate. A computed tomogram scan of the ches...

First described 60 years ago, Castleman disease comprises a rare and heterogeneous cluster of disorders, characterized by lymphadenopathy with unique histological features and associated with cytokine-driven constitutional symptoms and biochemical disturbances. Although unicentric Castleman disease is curable with complete surgical excision, its multicentric counterpart is a considerable therap...

We describe a 36-year-old man uninfected with human immunodeficiency virus who had confirmed concurrent infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) and their respective lymphoproliferative manifestations, nasal-type NK/T cell lymphoma and Castleman disease. Antibodies to HHV-8 and EBV DNA were found in plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells. An EBV-positive na...

Fig. 1. (A) Left parotid swelling measuring 5.8×4.2×4 cm at initial diagnosis. (B) Complete clinical response after radiotherapy. 4. Ma Y, Li F, Chen L. Widespread hypermetabolic lesions due to multicentric form of Castleman disease as the cause of fever of unknown origin revealed by FDG PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med 2013;38:835-7. 5. Rossotti R, Moioli C, Schiantarelli C, Orcese C, Puoti M. FDG-PET im...

The POEMS syndrome, also known as Crow-Fukase syndrome, is an unusual systemic disorder described mainly in Asian individuals. It is characterized by the presence of (P)polyneuropathy, (O)organomegaly, (E)endocrinopathy, (M) M-protein, and (S) skin changes. Several other associated conditions such as sclerotic bone lesions, Castleman disease, low-grade fever, edema and hematologic disorders are...