A 5-year-old boy with unicentric Castleman disease affecting the mesentery: utility of serum IL-6 level and (18)F-FDG PET for diagnosis.
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol
; 31(9): 693-5, 2009 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-19730402
Castleman disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder of unknown etiology. It is quite difficult to diagnose CD without typical localized signs or symptoms. We present a 5-year-old boy with unicentric plasma cell CD in the mesentery, which was too small to be detected by any conventional imaging. (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography image and a serum cytokine profile prompted us to perform a curative surgical excision, confirming his diagnosis. Our case also supported an important role of interleukin-6 in the pathophysiology of plasma cell CD.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enfermedad de Castleman
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Interleucina-6
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Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones
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Mesenterio
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol
Asunto de la revista:
HEMATOLOGIA
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NEOPLASIAS
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PEDIATRIA
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos