Castleman Disease of Adrenal Masquerades as Adrenal Carcinoma; Review Article on Current Treatment Modalities

• Main Authors: Nik Amin Sahid Nik Lah, Firdaus Hayati, Challa Venkata Rao, Nornazirah Azizan, AK Khasnizal
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25641/1/Castleman%20Disease%20of%20Adrenal%20Masquerades%20as%20Adrenal%20Carcinoma%20Review%20Article%20on%20Current%20Treatment%20Modalities.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25641/2/Castleman%20Disease%20of%20Adrenal%20Masquerades%20as%20Adrenal%20Carcinoma%20Review%20Article%20on%20Current%20Treatment%20Modalities1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25641/; https://doi.org/10.12996/gmj.2020.57

Castleman disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder. Only few cases reported worldwide since first describe in 1956. Only 2 percent of CD involve pararenal location. We report on a 16 years old lady with solitary Castleman disease of hyaline vascular type, involving right adrenal. Patient underwent right open adrenalectomy and no evidence of disease recurrence in 1 year follow up after surgery. In addition, we also discuss on the pathogenesis of the disease, clinical features and option of treatment.