scholarly journals Clinical Features and Treatment of Multicentric Castleman's Disease : A Retrospective Study of 21 Japanese Patients at a Single Institute

2013 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Kawabata ◽  
Norimitsu Kadowaki ◽  
Momoko Nishikori ◽  
Toshio Kitawaki ◽  
Tadakazu Kondo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Castleman’S Disease ◽  
Japanese Patients ◽  
Castleman's Disease ◽  
Multicentric Castleman’S Disease ◽  
Multicentric Castleman's Disease

Clinical Features and Outcome in HIV-Associated Multicentric Castleman's Disease

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (18) ◽  
pp. 2481-2486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Bower ◽  
Tom Newsom-Davis ◽  
Kikkeri Naresh ◽  
Shairoz Merchant ◽  
Belinda Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Overall Survival ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Castleman’S Disease ◽  
Progression Free Survival ◽  
Castleman's Disease ◽  
Multicentric Castleman’S Disease ◽  
Clinical Criteria ◽  
Time To Relapse ◽  
Multicentric Castleman's Disease

Purpose To describe clinical features, treatment outcomes and relapse rates in HIV-associated multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD) in a sizeable mature cohort. Methods From a prospective database, we identified 61 HIV-seropositive patients with histologically confirmed MCD (median follow-up, 4.2 years). Since 2003, 49 patients with newly diagnosed MCD have been treated with rituximab with (n = 14) or without (n = 35) etoposide. Results At MCD diagnosis, 55 (90%) of 61 patients met proposed clinical criteria defining an attack. Four patients (7%) had histologic evidence of coexisting lymphoma, and one developed lymphoma 2 years after treatment. The incidence of lymphoma is 28 per 1,000 patient years. With rituximab-based treatment, the overall survival was 94% (95% CI, 87% to 100%) at 2 years and was 90% (95% CI, 81% to 100%) at 5 years compared with 42% (95% CI, 14% to 70%) and 33% (95% CI, 6% to 60%) in 12 patients treated before introduction of rituximab (log-rank P < .001). Four of 49 rituximab-treated patients have died; three died as a result of MCD within 10 days of diagnosis, and one died as a result of lymphoma in remission of MCD. Eight of 46 patients who achieved clinical remission suffered symptomatic, histologically confirmed MCD relapse. The median time to relapse was 2 years, and all have been successfully re-treated and are alive in remission. The 2- and 5-year progression-free survival rates for all 49 patients treated with rituximab-based therapy were 85% (95% CI, 74% to 95%) and 61% (95% CI, 40% to 82%), respectively. Conclusion HIV-associated MCD is a remitting-relapsing disease. The outlook has improved dramatically in recent years with the introduction of rituximab-based therapy and yields high overall survival rates.

A retrospective study of unicentric and multicentric Castleman’s disease: a report of 52 patients

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 1171-1178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Ye ◽  
Shu-Geng Gao ◽  
Wang Li ◽  
Long-Hai Yang ◽  
Shou-Hua Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Castleman’S Disease ◽  
Castleman's Disease ◽  
Multicentric Castleman’S Disease ◽  
Multicentric Castleman's Disease
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