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Castleman's disease historical perspective

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]

Overview

Overview

Historical Perspective

Historical Perspective

In 1954 Dr. Benjamin Castleman, a pathologist described an unusual histopathology of a lymph node in a patient with mediastinal mass.

References

References

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