MULTICENTRIC ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH-NODE HYPERPLASIA ASSOCIATED WITH MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS

PASAOGLU I., DOGAN R., TOPCU M., GUNGEN Y.

THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, cilt.42, sa.4, ss.253-256, 1994 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 42 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 1994
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1055/s-2007-1016500
  • Dergi Adı: THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.253-256
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: CASTLEMANS DISEASE, ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA, MYASTHENIA GRAVIS, THYMECTOMY, PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY, CASTLEMANS DISEASE
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Castleman's disease is often referred to as giant lymph-node hyperplasia. Although this localized disorder most commonly involves the mediastinum, recently many patients have been described with multicentric lymph-node hyperplasia associated with various clinical abnormalities. Here a new case of multicentric angiofollicular lymph-node hyperplasia associated with myasthenia gravis and gammopathy is presented. At first, the patient responded to surgery well, but after some months her condition deteriorated: plasmapheresis was then performed, one year after the operation, with great clinical improvement.