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CASE REPORT

A case of Castleman's disease associated with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine

Shu KobayashiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University,10-22 Kawada, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Shigeki MomoharaDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University,10-22 Kawada, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Katsunori IkariDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University,10-22 Kawada, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Takeshi MochizukiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University,10-22 Kawada, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Koichiro KawamuraDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University,10-22 Kawada, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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So TsukaharaDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University,10-22 Kawada, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Kazumasa NishimotoDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University,10-22 Kawada, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Hiroshi OkamotoDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University,10-22 Kawada, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Taisuke TomatsuDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University,10-22 Kawada, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Pages 418-421 | Received 04 Jan 2007, Accepted 08 May 2007, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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