[Localized Castleman's disease: description of a case and review of the literature]

An Med Interna. 2003 Oct;20(10):534-6.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Castleman's disease is a rare entity which is caracterized by its histological features: hyperplasia of lymph nodes and capillary proliferation. Two histological patterns has been described: hyaline vascular type and plasma cell type. From a clinical viewpoint has been identified two different clinical course: a localized type (ECL) usually of benign clinical course and a multicentric type (ECM) of worst prognosis. We present a case of Castleman"s disease localized in the neck region in which the excision was both diagnostic and therapeutic. The variety histological was hyaline-vascular type.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Castleman Disease* / pathology
  • Castleman Disease* / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neck
  • Treatment Outcome