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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Castleman's disease masquerading as pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour.

Deepika Gunda, Jack Naughton, Sean Gregory Stevens, Marcos V Perini

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Deepika GundaDepartment of Surgery, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia deepika.gunda@austin.org.au.
Jack NaughtonDepartment of Surgery, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5336-5295
Sean Gregory StevensDepartment of Surgery, Austin Precinct, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Marcos V PeriniDepartment of Surgery, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
Austin Health · AUThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Castleman's disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder. This case report, to the best of our knowledge, is the first report of CD simulating a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour . The patient was a 58-year-old woman who initially presented with bilateral iritis and underwent investigation for possible systemic rheumatological disease. CT of the chest demonstrated an incidental finding of a well-demarcated retropancreatic mass. As the mass was found to enhance on DOTATATE (tetraazacyclododecanetetraacetic acid-DPhe1-Tyr3-octreotate) positron emission tomography, a diagnosis of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour was made. The patient underwent an open distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy. Histopathological examination revealed the unexpected diagnosis of hyaline vascular CD of a lymph node posterior to the pancreas. After 2 years of follow-up, there is no evidence of disease recurrence.

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Castleman DiseasePancreatic NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPancreatectomyPositron-Emission TomographyTomography, X-Ray Computedgastrointestinal surgerygeneral surgerypancreas and biliary tract

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PMID34167983
PMCPMC8230983
OpenAlexW3174230344

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