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ArticleRespirology case reports2026

Unicentric Pulmonary Castleman Disease Mimicking Lung Cancer: A Case Report.

Mingming Xu, Qing Zhang, Luyan Yin, Jianle Chen

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Article in Respirology case reports, 2026. 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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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mingming XuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University Nantong China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9541-0835
Qing ZhangDepartment of Pathology Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University Nantong China.
Luyan YinDepartment of Radiology Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University Nantong China.
Jianle ChenDepartment of Thoracic Surgery Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University Nantong China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Castleman disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder typically involving mediastinal lymph nodes. Pulmonary involvement without mediastinal lymphadenopathy is extremely rare and often mimics lung cancer. A 76-year-old man presented with an incidental left upper lobe opacity that progressed over 3 years to a 29 mm heterogeneous enhancing nodule. Surgical resection revealed hyaline vascular unicentric CD with characteristic pathology. The patient remained disease-free at 24 months. Pulmonary CD should be considered in enlarging lung nodules with enhancement and no mediastinal lymphadenopathy.

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Castleman diseaselung nodulesegmentectomy

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PMID42344612
PMCPMC13288159

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