AUTHOR=Ran Wei , Cuilin Zhu , Hulin Piao , Kexiang Liu 

TITLE=Case report: Successful treatment of mediastinal unicentric castleman disease using cardiopulmonary bypass

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1130237

DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2023.1130237

ISSN=2297-055X

ABSTRACT=<p>Unicentric Castleman disease (UCD) is a rare, benign lymphoproliferative disorder. Mediastinal UCD has tumors with no clear boundaries that are highly vascularized. Resection surgery results in bleeding, leading to further challenges. Mixed-type UCD is rare. We report the case of a 38-year-old asymptomatic patient with mixed-type UCD; the tumor measured 7.8 cm in size and had unclear boundaries. The tumor was successfully resected by performing a cardiopulmonary bypass on the beating heart; the patient recovered uneventfully.</p>