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Preoperative Embolization of Hypervascular Castleman’s Disease of the Mediastinum

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We report the case of a 31-year-old woman with mediastinal Castleman’s disease of the hyaline vascular type. This large tumor was safely resected after arterial embolization. We describe the steps of this interventional procedure and discuss related necessary precautions.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Geneva University Hospital, 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland

    John Henri Robert & Neoklis Kritikos

  2. Department of Radiology, Geneva University Hospital, 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland

    Georgios Sgourdos, Dominique Didier & Sylvain Terraz

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Robert, J.H., Sgourdos, G., Kritikos, N. et al. Preoperative Embolization of Hypervascular Castleman’s Disease of the Mediastinum. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 31, 186–188 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-006-0156-y

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