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HIV-associated multicentric Castleman's disease.

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The case of a 32-year old man with HIV disease, Kaposi's sarcoma, lymphadenopathy, fever and hemolytic anemia is presented.
Abstract
Multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder. It is found with higher frequency in patients with HIV infection, with systemic symptoms and poor prognosis. We present the case of a 32-year old man with HIV disease, Kaposi's sarcoma, lymphadenopathy, fever and hemolytic anemia. A diagnosis of Castleman's disease is confirmed through biopsy and treatment is often based only on published case reports. Systemic treatments for MCD have included chemotherapy, anti-herpes virus, highly active antiretroviral therapy and, more recently, monoclonal antibodies against both IL6 and CD20.

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Clinical Manifestations of Kaposi Sarcoma Herpesvirus Lytic Activation: Multicentric Castleman Disease (KSHV–MCD) and the KSHV Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome

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Human herpesvirus-8: Kaposi sarcoma, multicentric Castleman disease, and primary effusion lymphoma

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Plasma HHV8 DNA predicts relapse in individuals with HIV-associated multicentric Castleman disease

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Castleman's disease—a two compartment model of HHV8 infection

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Haematological manifestations of human immune deficiency virus infection

TL;DR: The epidemiology and aetiology of select non‐oncological haematological disorders commonly seen in people living with HIV‐acquired immune deficiency syndrome are reviewed.
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Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-like DNA sequences in multicentric Castleman's disease

TL;DR: Data suggest that KSHV could play a role in the pathogenesis of MCD, especially in HIV-infected patients, which is a close association with Kaposi's sarcoma.
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The Clinical Behavior of Localized and Multicentric Castleman Disease

TL;DR: The clinical features at presentation, clinicopathologic correlations, treatments, and outcomes of the 15 patients diagnosed with localized or multicentric Castleman disease are described.
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A systemic lymphoproliferative disorder with morphologic features of Castleman's disease

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of 50 cases in the literature revealed similar clinical and laboratory features, and the main features of this process seem to best fit a hyperplastic-dysplastic lymphoid disorder in a setting of immunoregulatory deficit.
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