Radiotherapy of unicentric mediastinal Castleman's disease / 癌症
Chinese Journal of Cancer
;
(12): 351-356, 2011.
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ABSTRACT
Castleman's disease is a slowly progressive and rare lymphoproliferative disorder. Here, we report a 55-year-old woman with superior mediastinal Castleman's disease being misdiagnosed for a long term. We found a 4.3 cm mass localized in the superior mediastinum accompanied with severe clinical symptoms. The patient underwent an exploratory laparotomy, but the mass failed to be totally excised. Pathologic examination revealed a mediastinal mass of Castleman's disease. After radiotherapy of 30 Gy by 15 fractions, the patient no longer presented previous symptoms. At 3 months after radiotherapy of 60 Gy by 30 fractions, Computed tomography of the chest showed significantly smaller mass, indicating partial remission. Upon a 10-month follow-up, the patient was alive and free of symptoms.
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Asunto principal:
Patología
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Radioterapia
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Cirugía General
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Diagnóstico por Imagen
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Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X
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Estudios de Seguimiento
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Enfermedad de Castleman
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Antígenos CD20
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Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones
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Diagnóstico
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Chinese Journal of Cancer
Año:
2011
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Artículo
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