Clinical spectrum of POEMS-associated multicentric Castleman disease with renal involvement: a diagnostic challenge

• Main Authors: Caroline Kullmann Ribeiro (Author), Fernanda Bresciani (Author), Samile Echeverria Silveira (Author), Pedro Guilherme Schaefer (Author), Elvino Guardão Barros (Author), Francisco Veríssimo Veronese (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Society of Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Castleman disease (CD) is a rare and heterogeneous lymphoproliferative disorder with a wide variety of clinical presentations and outcomes. Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) related CD corresponds to the most common subtype of the multicentric Castleman disease (MCD). However, if HHV-8 is nega...