Table 1 Operative procedures and intraoperative biopsies in previously reported cases
From: Tumor enucleation for Castleman’s disease in the pulmonary hilum: a case report
Author | Age | Sex | Preoperative biopsy | Intraoperative biopsy | Procedure | Cause of lobectomy or more extensive surgery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yeh | 42 | M | Not done | Not done | LUL | Potential malignancy |
Tokunaga | 23 | F | Not done | Not done | LLL + MLND | Potential malignancy |
Racil | 23 | F | Not done | Not done | Pneumonectomy | Bleeding at intraoperative biopsy |
Wang | 27 | M | Not done | Not done | Enucleation | – |
Gunluogle | 29 | M | TBNA: no specific findings | Benign | Enucleation | – |
Ota | 19 | M | Not done | Not done | RML | Not mentioned |
Nadir | 28 | F | Not done | Not done | RUL + MLND | Adhesion and hypervascularity |
Liu | 32 | M | Not done | Not done | LUL + MLND | Potential malignancy |
Haager | 24 | M | EBUS-TBNA: no specific findings | Lymphoma or carcinoid | RML | Not mentioned |
Luo | 40 | F | TBNA: chronic inflammation | Not mentioned | Whole resection | – |
Present case | 16 | M | EBUS-TBNA: no specific findings | Chronic inflammation | Enucleation | – |