Multicentric Castleman's disease in a patient with primary Sjögren's syndrome

Rheumatol Int. 1993;12(6):251-3. doi: 10.1007/BF00301012.

Abstract

A 38-year-old woman suffering from primary Sjögren's syndrome for 2 years developed angiofollicular hyperplasia (multicentric Castleman's disease). In Sjögren's syndrome (SS) a number of findings indicate the presence of a B-cell hyperactivity that may evolve to a lymphoproliferative disorder. This report adds another pathological event to the complex spectrum of lymphoproliferative diseases in SS.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Axilla
  • Biopsy
  • Castleman Disease / complications*
  • Castleman Disease / pathology
  • Clavicle
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Sjogren's Syndrome / complications*
  • Sjogren's Syndrome / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed