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Castleman's Disease Presenting as Peri - Pancreatic Neoplasm
Preethi S Shetty1, Shraddha Patkar1, Tanuja Shet2
1GI and HPB Surgical Service, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Ernest Borges Marg, Parel, Mumbai, 400 012 India.
Abstract:
Castleman's disease (CD) is a relatively singular disorder. Usually presenting as a mediastinal mass, peri pancreatic localization of CD is even rarer. Diagnosis is seldom established pre-operatively. We report two such cases of CD in which peri pancreatic region was involved and were diagnosed on biopsy, hence avoiding complex and high risk surgery.
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