ArticleBMC surgery2020
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is a safe and effective method to treat intrathoracic unicentric Castleman's disease.
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- Complete Resection of a Giant Middle Mediastinal Castleman Disease Using Robot-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: A Case Report.Surgical case reports · 2026Article
- Case Report: Diagnostic dilemma: a rare case of oesophageal hyaline vascular unicentric Castleman's disease mimicking carcinoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Retroperitoneal paraduodenal unicentric Castleman disease: case report and review of the literature.Journal of surgical case reports · 2024Article
- Case report: Successful treatment of mediastinal unicentric castleman disease using cardiopulmonary bypass.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- A multidisciplinary collaborative model based on single-port thoracoscopy for the treatment of giant mediastinal lymph node hyperplasia: a case report.The Journal of international medical research · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundCastleman's disease (CD) is a rare non-clonal lymphadenopathy. Application of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATs) in intrathoracic unicentric Castleman's disease (UCD) is rarely reported. This study is aimed to clarify the role of VATs for diagnosis and treatment in intrathoracic UCD.
methodsThe authors reviewed and identified patients who had received a histologic diagnosis of CD through VATs at our hospital from January2010 to June 2018. Clinical and radiologic variables, histopathology, type of approach, complications, and long-term effect were analyzed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of VATs.
resultsA total of 10 patients were included in this study, with 8 hyaline vascular type and 2 plasma cell type. The mean maximum diameter of the lesions was 4.66 cm. Nine cases underwent complete surgical excision by VATs, and 1 case was converted to thoracotomy. All patients had no postoperative complications. With a median follow-up of 5 years (range: 1-9 years), no tumor recurrence was found in 9 patients receiving complete tumor resection, and 1 patient with incomplete tumor resection remained symptom free without clinical or radiographic progression.
conclusionsVATs is an alternative, minimally invasive technique for the diagnosis and treatment in patients with intrathoracic UCD.
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