MULTICENTRIC ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH-NODE HYPERPLASIA ASSOCIATED WITH MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS


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

THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, vol.42, no.4, pp.253-256, 1994 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • 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.