A case of Castleman's disease patient treated successfully with cyclic high-dose steroid therapy / 대한내과학회지
Korean Journal of Medicine
;
: 72-76, 2010.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-201327
ABSTRACT
Castleman's disease is rare, and its cause is unknown. Although various treatments have been attempted, no standard treatment has been established for it. A 51-year-old male on hemodialysis with end-stage renal disease was admitted to our hospital with fever and myalgia. He was diagnosed with multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD) of the hyaline vascular type. Considering his underlying disease and general condition, cyclic high-dose steroid therapy (prednisolone 1 mg/kg/day for 5 days) was administered every 4 weeks, eight times in total. After this, no symptomatic manifestations of MCD or signs on computed tomography were observed. We report an immunocompromised patient diagnosed with MCD of the hyaline vascular type, who was successfully treated with cyclic high-dose steroid therapy.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Prednisolone
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Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary
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Renal Dialysis
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Castleman Disease
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Immunocompromised Host
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Fever
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Hyalin
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Kidney Failure, Chronic
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Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medicine
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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