Clinical spectrum of intrathoracic Castleman disease: a retrospective analysis of 48 cases in a single Chinese hospital

Autor: Shan Li, Ya lan Bi, Cheng Huang, Hui Huang, Jian Cao, Kai Xu, Jin mei Luo, Zuo jun Xu, Rui Feng, Yi Xiao, Ying zhi Qin
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: BMC Pulmonary Medicine
ISSN: 1471-2466
DOI: 10.1186/s12890-015-0019-x
Popis: Background Thorax is the common place to develop Castleman disease (CD), but there is no systemic clinical analysis for intrathoracic CD. Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis of 48 intrathoracic CD patients with definite pathological diagnosis who were hospitalized between 1992 and 2012 in a Chinese tertiary referral hospital. Results The study included 16 cases with unicentric CD (UCD) and 32 cases with multicentric CD (MCD). UCD were younger than MCD (30.5y vs 41.6ys, P
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