Rare Founding in Peripheral Nerve Surgery: An Unicentric Castleman Disease Presenting as Median Nerve Tumor: Case Report

Anne Carolus, Roland Schroers, Iris Tischoff, Kirsten Schmieder and Christopher Brenke

Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Ruhr- University Bochum, Germany
Department of Pathology, University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

^*Correspondance to: Anne Elisabeth Carolus 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.2035

Abstract

mass extending from the median nerve. Intraoperative finding was a tumor extending within the nerve in its proximal fibers. The histological result showed typical criteria of a Castleman disease. Postoperative staging did not reveal any involvement of other organs. In conclusion, an unicentric Castleman disease could be diagnosed. To our knowledge such an entity appearing at a peripheral nerve has not been described in literature so far.

Keywords

Peripheral nerve tumor; Unicentric Castleman disease; Contrast enhancing mass; Infiltrative growth; Surgery

Cite the article

Carolus A, Schroers R, Tischoff I, Schmieder K, Brenke C. Rare Founding in Peripheral Nerve Surgery: An Unicentric Castleman Disease Presenting as Median Nerve Tumor: Case Report. Clin Surg. 2018; 3: 2035.