A rare case of peripancreatic Castleman’s disease diagnosed
			 preoperatively by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration

M. A. Khashab; M. I. Canto; V. K. Singh; S. Z. Ali; E. K. Fishman; B. H. Edil; S. Giday

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1256163

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2011; 43: E128-E130
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1256163

Unusual cases and technical notes

A rare case of peripancreatic Castleman’s disease diagnosed preoperatively by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration

M. A. Khashab¹ , M. I. Canto¹ , V. K. Singh¹ , S. Z. Ali² , E. K. Fishman³ , B. H. Edil⁴ , S. Giday¹

¹Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
²Department of Pathology and The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
³Department of Radiology and The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
⁴Department of Surgery and The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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