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#*Associated with HHV-8 infection (the same virus implicated in ''Kaposi's sarcoma'').
#*Associated with HHV-8 infection (the same virus implicated in ''Kaposi's sarcoma'').


Discussed here: <ref name=pmid19546611>PMID 19546611</ref>
Notes:
*The subclassification of CD is in some flux. Some authors advocate splitting-out ''HHV-8'' and ''multicentric'' as separate subtypes.<ref name=pmid19546611>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Cronin | first1 = DM. | last2 = Warnke | first2 = RA. | title = Castleman disease: an update on classification and the spectrum of associated lesions. | journal = Adv Anat Pathol | volume = 16 | issue = 4 | pages = 236-46 | month = Jul | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181a9d4d3 | PMID = 19546611 }}</ref>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Hyaline-vascular variant - features:<ref>URL: [http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_otorhinolaryngology/volume_9_number_2_11/article/a_rare_case_of_castleman_s_disease_presenting_as_cervical_neck_mass.html http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_otorhinolaryngology/volume_9_number_2_11/article/a_rare_case_of_castleman_s_disease_presenting_as_cervical_neck_mass.html]. Accessed on: 15 June 2010.</ref><ref name=Ref_ILNP236>{{Ref ILNP|236}}</ref>
Hyaline-vascular variant (HVV) - features:<ref>URL: [http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_otorhinolaryngology/volume_9_number_2_11/article/a_rare_case_of_castleman_s_disease_presenting_as_cervical_neck_mass.html http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_otorhinolaryngology/volume_9_number_2_11/article/a_rare_case_of_castleman_s_disease_presenting_as_cervical_neck_mass.html]. Accessed on: 15 June 2010.</ref><ref name=Ref_ILNP236>{{Ref ILNP|236}}</ref>
*Pale concentric (expanded) mantle zone lymphocytes - '''key feature'''.
*Pale concentric (expanded) mantle zone lymphocytes - '''key feature'''.
**"Regressed follicles" - germinal center (pale area) is small.
**"Regressed follicles" - germinal center (pale area) is small.
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*Sinuses effaced (lost).
*Sinuses effaced (lost).
*Mitoses absent.
*Mitoses absent.
Images:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castleman_disease_-_high_mag.jpg CD HVV - "lollipop" sign - high mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castleman_disease_-_intermed_mag.jpg CD HVV - showing expanded mantle zone - intermed. mag. (WC)].


Plasma cell variant - features:<ref name=Ref_ILNP236>{{Ref ILNP|236}}</ref>
Plasma cell variant - features:<ref name=Ref_ILNP236>{{Ref ILNP|236}}</ref>
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