MULTICENTRIC ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH-NODE HYPERPLASIA ASSOCIATED WITH MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS
THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, vol.42, no.4, pp.253-256, 1994 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 42 Issue: 4
- Publication Date: 1994
- Doi Number: 10.1055/s-2007-1016500
- Journal Name: THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.253-256
- Keywords: CASTLEMANS DISEASE, ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA, MYASTHENIA GRAVIS, THYMECTOMY, PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY, CASTLEMANS DISEASE
- Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
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.