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Objective To obtain a better understaning of the clinical features of Castleman tumor associated paraneoplastic pemphigus. Methods The clinical features and therapy of 10 cases of this disease, diagnosed in the Department of Dermatology of Peking University First Hospital were analyzed. Results Castleman tumor was shown to be the most common neoplasm associated with paraneoplastic pemphigus in China. The clinical presentations, histopathologic characteristics, CT scan findings, and immunologic features were all unique. The early diagnosis and removal of the Castleman tumor are crucial for the treatment of this tumor-associated autoimmune disease. Conclusions Because Castleman tumor is directly related to the induction of autoimmunity, early diagnosis and prompt removal of the tumor are essential to the management of this disease.
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In order to investigate the lesion' s extention and the infiltrated deepth and the metastasis of the tumors preoperatively ,endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) was performed in 28 patients with ampullary carcinoma and 18 patients with extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma. forty six patients underwent surgical ex- plorations. A radical resection with detailed pathological study was done for 22 resectable cases of ampullary carcinoma and all the 18 cases of extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma. Carcinoma of ampulla of Vater and ex- trahepatic bile duct were assessed and staged preoperatively according to the TNM staging system. The re- sults of EUS were compared with surgical explorations and pathological findings for evaluating the accuracy of preoperative staging of EUS. The accurate rate of EUS in assessing the extent of cancer invasion was 8l.8% for ampullary carcinoma, 72. 2% for extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma. The accuracy of EUS in pre- dicting regional lymph node metastasis was 59% for ampullary carcinoma , and 61.6% for extrahepatic bile duct carcionoma. invasion of portal vein was correctly predicted by EUS in 2 out of 3 patients of ampullary carcinoma. All the 3 cases of liver metastasis were not detected by EUS. EUS is a more accurate diagnostic method in judgement of invasive extent of ampullory carcinoma and extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma preop- eratively , but less accurate for metastasis of the tumors.
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Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics and surgical treatment of retroperitoneal Castleman′s disease (CD) with paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP).Methods The clinical symptoms, laboratory, histopathologic, CT findings and results of surgery in 7 patients were evaluated.Results All of 7 patients presented with PNP.Retroperitoneal tumors were found by CT examination and surgically removed.Castleman disease was confirmed by histopathology.Reoperation was performed to resect the recurrent tumor in one patient.The signs of PNP were dissolved completely or partially after operation.Conclusion Retroperitoneum CD with PNP are characteristic of distinctive clinical features.Surgical excision improves the mucocutanous manifestation of PNP.