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Multicentric Castleman's disease in Malawi.

Authors :
Gopal, Satish
Fedoriw, Yuri
Montgomery, Nathan D.
Kampani, Coxcilly
Krysiak, Robert
Sanders, Marcia K.
Dittmer, Dirk P.
Liomba, N. George
Source :
Lancet. 9/20/2014, Vol. 384 Issue 9948, p1158-1158. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

The article describes a case of multicentric Castleman's disease in a 51-year-old man in Malawi. The patient presented with a history of 6 months of diffuse progressive lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly with fever, chills, night sweats, and weight loss. Information on Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) that causes the plasmablastic variant of multicentric Castleman's disease is presented.

Subjects

Subjects :
*CASTLEMAN'S disease
*HIV
*FEVER
*MALARIA
*WEIGHT loss
*KAPOSI'S sarcoma-associated herpesvirus

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01406736
Volume :
384
Issue :
9948
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Lancet
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
98483698
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61366-0
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