Mesenteric Castleman’s Disease: A Rare Cause of Mesenteric Masses: A Case Report and Literature Review

Abbas Ar Mohamed,Abdulsalam A Bin Hafiz

doi:10.31579/2690-1919/005

Abstract

Castleman’s disease, also known as angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia or giant lymph node hyperplasia, is a rare benign B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder of unknown etiology. We report a case of a 23-year old woman with mesenteric Castleman’s disease of plasma cell variant presented as a palpable mass in the left iliac fossa.

Highlights

Castleman’s disease has been well described as a pathological entity in the scientific literature with only a few cases of mesenteric Castleman's disease reported
We report a rare case of mesenteric Castleman's disease of plasma cell variant in a young female, known case of autoimmune hemolytic anemia and antiphospholipid syndrome, who presented with a palpable mass in the left iliac fossa
The mass was resected in total with part of the affiliated mesentery and associated lymph nodes and submitted to pathological analysis which established the diagnosis of Castleman's disease of plasma cell variant

Summary

Introduction

Introduction: Castleman’s disease has been well described as a pathological entity in the scientific literature with only a few cases of mesenteric Castleman's disease reported. We report a rare case of mesenteric Castleman's disease of plasma cell variant in a young female, known case of autoimmune hemolytic anemia and antiphospholipid syndrome, who presented with a palpable mass in the left iliac fossa. The mass was resected in total with part of the affiliated mesentery and associated lymph nodes and submitted to pathological analysis which established the diagnosis of Castleman's disease of plasma cell variant.

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