Castleman disease: an uncommon diagnosis in pediatrics

• Main Authors: Paula Martinez Vianna (Author), Paulo Galluzzi Pastore (Author), Lilian Cristofani (Author), Sheila Aparecida Coelho Siqueira (Author), Vera Aldred (Author), Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos (Author), Maria Claudia Nogueira Zerbini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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First described by Dr. Benjamin Castleman in 1956, Castleman disease is an uncommon disease of an etiology that is not yet thoroughly known. Three distinct histological subtypes have already been described: hyaline-vascular-, plasma cell-, and human herpes virus 8-associated variant, clinically dist...