Castleman's disease epidemiology and demographics

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]

Prevalence

• Estimated prevalence per 100,000 is 1 case.

Age

• Average age of the patients with unicentric disease is 30 - 40 yrs
• For multicentric disease it is 50 - 60 yrs

Gender

• No gender differentiation is seen in the occurrence of the disease.