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By Mayo Clinic staffThere don't seem to be any consistent risk factors for Castleman disease, except for having HIV/AIDS. The disease can affect anyone — adults and children, men and women. The average age of people with unicentric Castleman disease is around 30 or 40, whereas most people with the multicentric form are in their 50s and 60s.
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