Clinical features and surgical treatment of retroperitoneal Castleman′s disease with paraneoplastic pemphigus / 中国普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

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.