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Castleman's disease (medicine)


Castleman's disease -->
benign giant lymph node hyperplasia
Solitary masses of lymphoid tissue containing concentric perivascular aggregates of lymphocytes, occurring usually in the mediastinum or hilar region of young adults; similar changes have been reported outside the mediastinum and, if associated with interfollicular sheets of plasma cells, may progress to lymphoma or plasmacytoma.

Synonym: angiofollicular mediastinal lymph node hyperplasia, Castleman's disease.