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Case Reports
. 2014 Sep 20;384(9948):1158.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61366-0.

Multicentric Castleman's disease in Malawi

Satish Gopal  1 , Yuri Fedoriw  2 , Nathan D Montgomery  2 , Coxcilly Kampani  3 , Robert Krysiak  3 , Marcia K Sanders  4 , Dirk P Dittmer  5 , N George Liomba  3
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Multicentric Castleman's disease in Malawi

Satish Gopal et al. Lancet. .
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Figure. Lymph nodes showing multicentric Castleman’s disease and Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
(A) A lymph node with involuted and partially hyalinised germinal centres (arrow), characteristic of multicentric Castleman’s disease (haematoxylin and eosin stain). (B) Numerous plasmablasts positive for Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) localised to the perifollicular and mantle zone (immunohistochemical staining, original objective magnification 20×).
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