Castleman Disease Symptoms: How to Identify Castleman Disease

Castleman disease is of two types:

Unicentric Castleman disease symptoms are:

Feeling of pressure in the abdomen or chest that can cause a difficulty in breathing or eating.

An enlarged lump under the skin in the armpit, neck or groin.

Sudden weight loss.

Cough

Anemia

Multicentric Castleman disease symptoms are:

Fever

Night sweats

Loss of the appetite

Vomiting and nausea

Sudden weight loss

Weakness

Fatigue

Enlarged peripheral lymph nodes, around the neck, collarbone, groin or underarm area.

Enlarged liver or spleen.

Damage of nerves in the hands and feet that leads to the numbness or weakness (peripheral neuropathy).