RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Castleman disease presenting as obstructive jaundice.
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 111
OP 113
VO 26
IS 1
A1 Al-Salamah, Saleh M.
A1 Khan, Iftikhar A.
A1 Khalid, Kamran
A1 Al-Shakweer, Wafaa A.
YR 2005
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/26/1/111.abstract
AB A 48-year-old Saudi male was admitted with features of obstructive jaundice. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography showed stricture in distal common bile duct CBD. Computed tomography scan revealed lymphadenopathy along CBD and in porta hepatis. Cholangiocarcinoma, lymphoma or metastatic deposits were suspected but no definite preoperative diagnosis could be established. Laparotomy disclosed lymph node enlargement in porta hepatis and along the CBD and lesser curvature of the stomach. Triple bypass procedure was performed to relieve the obstruction. Pathological examination of the lymph nodes showed Castleman disease of hyaline vascular type.