Castleman's lymphoadenopathy: twenty years of observation. II. Generalized form

The authors continue the discussion on the etiopathogenesis of castelman's lymphadenopathy and review the literature of recent years concerning the generalized form of this condition.They describe five cases of the generalized form. The discussion points out the difficulties of a unique interpretation of heterogeneous clinical patterns linked only by histology.Some pathogenetic hypotheses are proposed.