@article { author = {Aghajanzadeh, Manouchehr and Safarpoor, Feizollah and Hemati, Hossein and Alavi, Ali and Aghajanzadeh, Gilda}, title = {Castleman's Disease in a 35 Year-Old Woman with a Giant Mediastinal Mass}, journal = {TANAFFOS (Respiration)}, volume = {8}, number = {4(autumn)}, pages = {51-54}, year = {2009}, publisher = {National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran}, issn = {1735-0344}, eissn = {2345-3729}, doi = {}, abstract = {The patient was a 35 year-old woman with a 10-month history of breathing difficulty, cough and chest pain. An anteriorposterior chest radiograph revealed opacification of the right hemithorax with reduced right lung volumes. As part of diagnostic evaluation, a computed tomography (CT) scan was performed which showed a huge mass in the right anterior mediastinum with extension to the right side of the pleural space. It was resected through postero-lateral thoracotomy .The patient was discharged in a good condition. The pathology report showed hyaline vascular variant of Castleman,s disease. (Tanaffos 2009; 8(4): 51-54)}, keywords = {Castleman's Disease,Mediastinum,Mediastinal mass}, url = {https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_241203.html}, eprint = {https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_241203_8fc78c19ee93eaf52cc3ae17099f6e3c.pdf} }