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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma arising from a multicentric mixed variant of Castleman's disease Venizelos I, Tamiolakis D, Simopoulos C, Nikolaidou S, Barbagadaki S, Lambropoulou M, Alexiadis G, Boglou P, Papadopoulos Nikolas Abstract This case report describes a patient with multicentric mixed type Castleman′s disease and concomitant non-Hodgkin′s lymphoma of diffuse large B cell type in the neck. Multicentric CD is a systemic illness with disseminated lymphadenopathy; its aggressive and usually fatal course is associated with infectious complications and risk for malignant tumors, such as lymphoma or Kaposi sarcoma. Keywords Castleman′s disease; Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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