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    Whether Castleman disease should be considered an autoimmune disease, cancer, or infectious disease is currently unknown. Castleman disease includes...
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    Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a subtype of Castleman disease (also known as giant lymph node hyperplasia, lymphoid hamartoma, or...
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    Unicentric Castleman disease is a subtype of Castleman disease (also known as giant lymph node hyperplasia, lymphoid hamartoma, or angiofollicular lymph...
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    HHV-8-associated MCD (category Castleman disease)
    herpesvirus 8 associated multicentric Castleman disease (HHV-8-associated MCD) is a subtype of Castleman disease (also known as giant lymph node hyperplasia...
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  • Epstein–Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative diseases Castleman disease X-linked lymphoproliferative disease Primary cutaneous acral CD8 positive T cell...
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  • The Castleman Disease Collaborative Network (CDCN) is an organization focused on research and awareness of Castleman disease. It was founded in 2012 and...
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    David Fajgenbaum (category People with Castleman disease)
    University of Pennsylvania. He is most well known for his research into Castleman disease. David C. Fajgenbaum was born on March 29, 1985, in Raleigh, North...
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    overlap with the signs and symptoms of multicentric Castleman disease. The more common features of the disease are summarized in the acronym POEMS: Papilledema...
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    a heralding sign of multicentric Castleman disease (MCD), multiple myeloma, and other lymphoproliferative diseases. Cherry angiomas occur in all races...
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    A viral disease (or viral infection) occurs when an organism's body is invaded by pathogenic viruses, and infectious virus particles (virions) attach...
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    Sjögren syndrome IgG4-related disease (IgG4-related lymphadenopathy) Kimura disease Toxoplasmosis Syphilis Castleman disease Progressive transformation of...
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    following a biopsy in the mouth Kawasaki disease, Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease Rosai-Dorfman disease Castleman disease Sarcoidosis Lupus erythematosus Cyclic...
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  • name Sylvant, is used for the treatment of people with multicentric Castleman's disease. It is a chimeric (made from human and mouse proteins) monoclonal...
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    cell lymphoma. Mantle zone expansion may be seen in benign, such as Castleman disease, and malignancy, i.e., Mantle cell lymphoma. Tcl-1 is expressed in...
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  • an American physician and pathologist best known for describing Castleman's disease (angiofollicular lymphoid hyperplasia), which is named after him...
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  • R S T U V W X Y Z This list contains acronyms and initials related to diseases (infectious or non-infectious) and medical disorders. Acronyms in healthcare...
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  • philanthropist, and suffragist Benjamin Castleman (born 1906), American pathologist best known for Castleman's disease Boomer Castleman, American singer-songwriter...
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    Lymphadenopathy (category Diseases of veins, lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes)
    Kikuchi disease, progressive transformation of germinal centers, sarcoidosis, hyaline-vascular variant of Castleman's disease, Rosai-Dorfman disease, Kawasaki...
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  • Lymphatic disease is a class of disorders which directly affect the components of the lymphatic system. Examples include Castleman's disease and lymphedema...
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  • antibody, tocilizumab, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and Castleman disease". Blood. 112 (10): 3959–64. doi:10.1182/blood-2008-05-155846. PMID 18784373...
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    against many of these diseases. The first such is tocilizumab, which has been approved for rheumatoid arthritis, Castleman's disease and systemic juvenile...
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  • Tocilizumab (category Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs)
    arthritis. In Japan, tocilizumab is also approved for the treatment of Castleman's disease, a rare benign tumor of B cells. In May 2017, the FDA approved tocilizumab...
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  • Caroli syndrome – Jacques Caroli Carrion disease – Daniel Alcides Carrión Castleman disease – Benjamin Castleman Céstan–Chenais syndrome – Étienne Jacques...
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    Cryoglobulinemia (category Hepatitis C virus-associated diseases)
    lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and Castleman disease; they occur rarely in non-B cell hematological disorders such as myelodysplastic...
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  • 10–20% of all cases are associated with precedent or contemporary Castleman disease, a benign lymphoproliferative disorder. There are two histopathological...
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  • Fever of unknown origin (category Infectious diseases)
    carcinoma, lymphoma, liver cancer, ovarian cancer atrial myxoma and Castleman disease. In those with HIV currently being treated with antiretroviral therapy...
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  • (2011). "Surgically curable non-iron deficiency microcytic anemia: Castleman's disease". Onkologie. 34 (8–9): 456–458. doi:10.1159/000331283. PMID 21934347...
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    lymphoma. HHV-8: associated with primary effusion lymphoma, multicentric Castleman disease. Hepatitis C virus: associated with splenic marginal zone lymphoma...
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  • conjugate vaccine Porcine circovirus, a virus Plasma cell variant of Castleman disease Penicillin V, a type of antibiotic Passenger Carrying Vehicle Propelling...
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    lymphoma Plasmablastic lymphoma Primary effusion lymphoma Multicentric Castleman disease HHV8-positive DLBCL, NOS HHV8-positive germinotropic lymphoproliferative...
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