Failure to thrive -Castleman Disease -Hypergammaglobulinemia -Lymphoproliferation
Abstract :
[en] Castleman Disease is a rare, lymphoproliferative, non-malignant disorder with two subtypes, unicentric or multicentric, depending on the number of lymph node regions affected. Clinical symptoms may be extremely variable often making the diagnosis difficult or leading to delayed diagnosis. We describe a case of failure to thrive associated with late puberty, and severe hypergammaglobulinemia. Through this case report, we aim to recall the clinical features of this rare disorder and to insist on the importance of a broad differential diagnosis in the presence of failure to thrive especially with abnormal biochemical features.
Disciplines :
Pediatrics
Author, co-author :
Parys, Helene
Tuerlinckx, David
Chantrain, Christophe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Anesthésie et réanimation ; Department of Pediatrics, CHC Mont Legia, Liège, Belgium., Belgium
Somja, Joan ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Anatomie et cytologie pathologiques
Beckers, Dominique
Language :
English
Title :
Failure to thrive and hypergammaglobulinemia in a 13-year-old girl with Castleman Disease, a case report.
Publication date :
2023
Journal title :
Belgian Journal of Paediatrics
ISSN :
2466-8907
eISSN :
2566-1558
Publisher :
Belgian Society of Paediatrics = Belgische Vereniging voor Kindergeneeskunde = Société Belge de Pédiatrie, Leuven, Belgium