Castleman’s Disease: Similar to Cancer but More Fatal and More Difficult to Detect

elcorreogallego.es

informacion.es

View article

sport.es

View article

laprovincia.es

View article

+3 Reposted by 3 other sources

Factuality

Ownership

Today, like all of July 23, Castleman's World Disease Day is celebrated, a rare disorder of the lymphatic system that, as Dr. Andrés Gónzález, a specialist at the Hospital Ramón y Cajal in Madrid, points out to this newspaper, "produces abnormal growth of the lymph nodes".

EfeSalud

Factuality

Ownership

The 23rd of July is the World Day of Castleman’s Disease, a disease without cure that affects the lymph nodes of any part of the body, most often those of the mediastinum, abdomen, neck or spleen causing different symptoms and complications. This disease is of unknown origin. “A genetic mutation has been sought but has not been found so far,” says Dr. Andrés González, an internal medicine specialist at the Ramón and Cajal Hospital in Madrid and …

diarioestrategia.cl

Factuality

Ownership

The specialist in Internal Medicine Andrés González, of the Ramón y Cajal Hospital (Madrid), has pointed to the problems of infradiagnosis and clinical confusion as the great challenges to overcome to improve the prognosis of patients with Castleman disease, a rare lymphoproliferative disorder that affects adults and children.