Atypical presentation of multicentric Castleman disease in a pediatric patient: pleural and pericardial effusion

Akman A. O., Basaran O., Ozyoruk D., Han U., Sayli T., Cakar N.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol.175, no.6, pp.873-876, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 175 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00431-015-2674-6
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.873-876
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Castleman disease (CD) is a rare poorly understood lymphoproliferative disorder. Pediatric onset CD has been reported before. However, most of them have benign unicentric pattern. Multicentric CD (MCD) is quite rare in children. Herein, we report a 13-year-old adolescent boy with MCD of the hyaline vascular variant presenting with pleural and pericardial effusion, which is an uncommon presentation.