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Unicentric Castleman’s disease presenting as amyloid A cardiac amyloidosis: a case report

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  1. Department of Hematology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Number 1 Shuaifu Yuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China

    Miao-yan Zhang, Jian Li & Lu Zhang

  2. Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Number 1 Shuaifu Yuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China

    Yi-ning Wang

  3. Department of Cardiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Number 1 Shuaifu Yuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China

    Zhuang Tian

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M.Z. and L.Z. took care of the patient; Y.W. and Z.T. reviewed the cardiac MRI; Z.T. performed and reviewed the echocardiography; M.Z. wrote the manuscript; L.Z. reviewed and edited the manuscript; J.L. supervised the project. All authors approved the final manuscript and consented to publish this manuscript.

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Zhang, My., Li, J., Wang, Yn. et al. Unicentric Castleman’s disease presenting as amyloid A cardiac amyloidosis: a case report. Ann Hematol 103, 367–368 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-023-05493-y

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