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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:e6-e7
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Case Reports

Castleman’s Disease Mimicking Intrapulmonary Malignancy

^a Division of Thoracic Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
^b Division of Pathology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
^c Department of Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Accepted for publication April 13, 2007.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Chou, Department of Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, No. 160, Section 3, Chung-Kang Rd, Taichung, 00407, Taiwan (Email: cmchou{at}vghtc.gov.tw).

Castleman’s disease is a rare disorder characterized by noncancerous growth that may develop in lymph node tissues throughout the body. Most often this occurs in the chest and abdomen, and rarely in the peripherals (10% to 15%). In this article we describe a case of asymptomatic intrapulmonary Castleman’s disease mimicking pulmonary malignancy (hyaline-vascular type) in a 42-year-old man who underwent curative surgery.