Preoperative embolization of hypervascular Castleman's disease of the mediastinum

Robert, John; Sgourdos, Georgios; Kritikos, Neoklis; Didier, Dominique; Terraz, Sylvain

doi:10.1007/s00270-006-0156-y

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English

Preoperative embolization of hypervascular Castleman's disease of the mediastinum

ContributorsRobert, John; Sgourdos, Georgios; Kritikos, Neoklis; Didier, Dominique; Terraz, Sylvain

Published inCardiovascular and interventional radiology, vol. 31, no. 1, p. 186-188

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Open Access - Licence nationale Springer

Publication date2008

Abstract

We report the case of a 31-year-old woman with mediastinal Castleman's disease of the hyaline vascular type. This large tumor was safely resected after arterial embolization. We describe the steps of this interventional procedure and discuss related necessary precautions.

Keywords

Acrylic Resins/therapeutic use
Adult
Blood Loss Surgical/prevention & control
Cough/etiology
Embolization Therapeutic/methods
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gelatin/therapeutic use
Giant Lymph Node Hyperplasia/diagnosis/surgery/therapy
Humans
Mediastinum/surgery
Preoperative Care/methods
Radiography Thoracic
Radiology Interventional/methods
Rare Diseases

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de radiologie et informatique médicale

Research groups

Imagerie cardio-vasculaire (262)

Citation (ISO format)

ROBERT, John et al. Preoperative embolization of hypervascular Castleman’s disease of the mediastinum. In: Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 2008, vol. 31, n° 1, p. 186–188. doi: 10.1007/s00270-006-0156-y

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PID : unige:683
DOI : 10.1007/s00270-006-0156-y
PMID : 17278035

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Preoperative embolization of hypervascular Castleman's disease of the mediastinum

We report the case of a 31-year-old woman with mediastinal Castleman's disease of the hyaline vascular type. This large tumor was safely resected after arterial embolization. We describe the steps of this interventional procedure and discuss related necessary precautions.

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