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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2022

Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease with Cutaneous Manifestation: Case Report.

Christoforos S Kosmidis, Chrysi Maria Mystakidou, Georgios Koimtzis, Evanthia Papadopoulou, Vasiliki Theodorou, Nikolaos Iason Katsios, Eleni Georgakoudi, Christina Sevva, Ioannis Charalampous, Nikolaos Varsamis and 5 more

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Christoforos S KosmidisEuropean Interbalkan Medical Center, 10 Asklipiou Street, 55535 Pylaia, Greece.
Chrysi Maria MystakidouMedical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-6674-7500
Georgios KoimtzisCardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0669-6980
Evanthia PapadopoulouShakolas Educational Centre for Clinical Medicine, University of Cyprus, Old Road Nicosia-Lemesos 215/6, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus.
Vasiliki TheodorouMedical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Nikolaos Iason KatsiosMedical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
Eleni GeorgakoudiEuropean Interbalkan Medical Center, 10 Asklipiou Street, 55535 Pylaia, Greece.
Christina Sevva3rd Surgical Department, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki "AHEPA", School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1st St. Kiriakidi Street, 54621 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-9869-7835
Ioannis Charalampous3rd Surgical Department, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki "AHEPA", School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1st St. Kiriakidi Street, 54621 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Nikolaos VarsamisEuropean Interbalkan Medical Center, 10 Asklipiou Street, 55535 Pylaia, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5849-5515
Charilaos KoulourisEuropean Interbalkan Medical Center, 10 Asklipiou Street, 55535 Pylaia, Greece.
Christina MichaelMedical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-6380-8187
Konstantinos Papadopoulos3rd Surgical Department, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki "AHEPA", School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1st St. Kiriakidi Street, 54621 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Georgios AnthimidisEuropean Interbalkan Medical Center, 10 Asklipiou Street, 55535 Pylaia, Greece.
Sofia BakaEuropean Interbalkan Medical Center, 10 Asklipiou Street, 55535 Pylaia, Greece.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRInterbalkan Medical Center · GRCardiff and Vale University Health Board · GBUniversity of Cyprus · CYUniversity of Ioannina · GR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Castleman disease constitutes a rare class of lymphoproliferative disorders, with an estimated incidence of 21 to 25 per million patient years. The idiopathic subtype exhibits a significantly diverse clinical presentation, which can imitate many autoimmune, malignant, and infectious diseases. Cutaneous manifestations are uncommon and require in-depth investigation, especially when concurrent lymphadenopathy is present. A 79-year-old female, with a chronic, complicated erysipelas-like lesion, presented with bilaterally enlarged inguinal lymph nodes; after surgical excision, their histopathological examination revealed Castleman disease. Even though it is a benign condition, patients are often predisposed to developing certain types of malignancies, which can deteriorate their prognosis. An accurate and early diagnosis, along with effective treatment and prevention of recurrence, is of utmost importance in order to increase the patients' overall survival and quality of life.

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Castleman DiseaseSkin DiseasesAgedFemaleHumansLymph NodesQuality of Lifecase reportCastleman diseasecutaneous manifestationidiopathiclymphoproliferative disordersplasmacytic variant

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