Abdominal Castleman disease with mixed histopathology in a patient with iron deficiency anemia, growth retardation and peliosis hepatis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 331, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-54

  Saritas, Ulku ^a   Ustundag, Yucel ^a,c   Isitan, Gokhan ^d   Bastugrul, Settar ^a   Erekul, Selim ^b  

^a ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Castleman disease; Growth retardation; Iron deficiency anemia; Peliosis hepatis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PELIOSIS HEPATIS; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 31744436603     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200601000-00015     Document Type: Article

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