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{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      = Castleman_disease_-_high_mag.jpg
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| Caption    = Castleman disease (hyaline-vascular variant). [[H&E stain]].
| Synonyms  =
| Micro      =
| Subtypes  = hyaline-vascular variant (HVV), plasma cell variant (PCV)
| LMDDx      = HVV: [[mantle cell lymphoma]]
| Stains    =
| IHC        = HVV: cyclin D1 -ve, other stains to exclude lymphoma; PCV: HHV-8 +ve
| EM        =
| Molecular  =
| IF        =
| Gross      =
| Grossing  =
| Site      = [[lymph node]] - see ''[[lymph node pathology]]''
| Assdx      =
| Syndromes  =
| Clinicalhx =
| Signs      =
| Symptoms  =
| Prevalence = rare
| Bloodwork  =
| Rads      =
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  =
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    =
| Tx        =
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'''Castleman disease''', abbreviated '''CD''', is a rare [[Lymph node pathology|pathology of the lymph node]].
'''Castleman disease''', abbreviated '''CD''', is a rare [[Lymph node pathology|pathology of the lymph node]].


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==General==
==General==
*Benign.
*Benign.
*Hyaline vascular variant - a pathology of the follicular dendritic cells.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Cokelaere | first1 = K. | last2 = Debiec-Rychter | first2 = M. | last3 = De Wolf-Peeters | first3 = C. | last4 = Hagemeijer | first4 = A. | last5 = Sciot | first5 = R. | title = Hyaline vascular Castleman's disease with HMGIC rearrangement in follicular dendritic cells: molecular evidence of mesenchymal tumorigenesis. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 26 | issue = 5 | pages = 662-9 | month = May | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 11979097 }}</ref>
*Hyaline vascular variant (classic Castleman disease) - a pathology of the follicular dendritic cells.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Cokelaere | first1 = K. | last2 = Debiec-Rychter | first2 = M. | last3 = De Wolf-Peeters | first3 = C. | last4 = Hagemeijer | first4 = A. | last5 = Sciot | first5 = R. | title = Hyaline vascular Castleman's disease with HMGIC rearrangement in follicular dendritic cells: molecular evidence of mesenchymal tumorigenesis. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 26 | issue = 5 | pages = 662-9 | month = May | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 11979097 }}</ref>


===Classification===
===Classification===
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