Volume 82, Number 12, 766-768, DOI: 10.1007/s00277-003-0718-x

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A case of multicentric Castleman's disease associated with advanced systemic amyloidosis treated with chemotherapy and anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody

Dany Gholam, Jean-Marie Vantelon, Ahmad Al-Jijakli and Jean-Henri Bourhis

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Abstract

Multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD) is a rare systemic lymphoproliferative disorder with too few patient series reported in the literature to have a clear idea about the etiology, outcome and the best treatment available. Systemic reactive amyloidosis is a very rare complication of MCD and its presence worsens the prognosis. We report a case of a 28-year-old patient with plasma-cell type, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative and human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8)-negative MCD who responded to treatment with chemotherapy and the anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, rituximab. Anti-CD20 therapy could be an interesting adjunctive treatment in MCD.

Keywords  Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody - Multicentric Castleman's disease - Secondary amyloidosis

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