Castleman's Disease: An Interesting Cause of Hematuria

Urology Case Reports
Sotonye Karl TolofariBasharat Hussain

Abstract

Castleman's disease is a rare benign lymphoproliferative disorder, characterized by benign growths of the lymph node tissue. It is associated with a number of malignancies, including Kaposi sarcoma, non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkins lymphoma, and POEMS syndrome. This report describes the case of a 38 year old gentleman, presenting with painless hematuria. Initial investigations, including flexible cystoscopy were unremarkable. However, subsequent imaging including CT Urogram and MR pelvis revealed multiple prevesical lesions. Histology obtained from excision biopsy revealed histological features consistent with Castleman's disease. In this report we discuss the nature, presentation and treatment modalities of this rare condition.

References

Sep 7, 2007·Journal of Medical Case Reports·Brian F MenezesMohammed Azad
Sep 12, 2012·Urologia Internationalis·Jiexiu ZhangWei Zhang

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