An unusual cause of ascites: Castleman disease

Castleman disease (CD) is a group of rare lymphoproliferative diseases with common lymph node histological features that can easily be misdiagnosed as infections, multiple autoimmune diseases, and malignant tumors. Here we report a rare case of a Chinese male with refractory ascites for two years an...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:BMC gastroenterology 2021-12, Vol.21 (1), p.477-477, Article 477
Main Authors: Zhu, XiuLi, Chen, Si, Fang, Fang, Jia, Yong, Zhang, KaiGuang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Anemia
Ascites
Ascites - etiology
Autoimmune diseases
Biopsy
Bone marrow
Case Report
Case studies
Castleman disease
Castleman Disease - complications
Castleman Disease - diagnosis
Castleman's disease
Causes of
Chemotherapy
Colonoscopy
Complications and side effects
Gastroenterology
Hematology
Hepatitis
Humans
Hyperplasia
Hypertension
Hypothyroidism
Immunoproliferative diseases
Infections
Laboratories
Liver cirrhosis
Lymph Nodes
Lymphatic system
Lymphocytes
Lymphoproliferative disorders
Male
Metabolism
Pathology
Patients
Polyserositis
Proteins
Rheumatism
Spleen
Tuberculosis
Tumors
Urine
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Castleman disease (CD) is a group of rare lymphoproliferative diseases with common lymph node histological features that can easily be misdiagnosed as infections, multiple autoimmune diseases, and malignant tumors. Here we report a rare case of a Chinese male with refractory ascites for two years and was eventually diagnosed as CD. The challenges in diagnosis of CD arise from the large differential, clinical heterogeneity and our limited understanding of pathology. In case of rare ascites, CD needs to be considered.
ISSN:1471-230X
1471-230X
DOI:10.1186/s12876-021-02050-7