Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2899265 | Cardiovascular Pathology | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
BackgroundA 59-year-old male had a latent epicardial mass discovered at cardiovascular imaging during the assessment of an aortic murmur.ResultsThe resected mass surrounded the left anterior descending coronary artery. It was a well-limited pericoronary cellular lesion. It was made of a mixture of polytypic plasma cells, lymphocytes with lymphoid follicles, hyaline vascular hyperplasia, and focal eosinophils. No immunoglobulin and TCR-γ gene rearrangements were detected. In this immunocompetent patient, HHV-8 was negative.ConclusionThe pattern was consistent with a pericoronary localized Castleman's disease of composite histologic subtype.
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Authors
Pierre-Alexandre Just, Aurélie Cazes, Heike Goebel, Elie Mousseaux, Jean-Noël Fabiani, Patrick Bruneval,