Preferred Label : Castleman disease;
RADLEX synonyms : angiofollicular hyperplasia; giant lymph node hyperplasia;
Definition : Large benign, hyperplastic lymph nodes. The more common hyaline vascular subtype is
characterized by small hyaline vascular follicles and interfollicular capillary proliferations.
Plasma cells are often present and represent another subtype with the plasma cells
containing IgM and immunoglobulin a. [MeSH];
UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0017531;
Origin ID : RID3781;
UMLS CUI : C0017531;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
Semantic type(s)
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
Large benign, hyperplastic lymph nodes. The more common hyaline vascular subtype is
characterized by small hyaline vascular follicles and interfollicular capillary proliferations.
Plasma cells are often present and represent another subtype with the plasma cells
containing IgM and immunoglobulin a. [MeSH]