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Castleman's disease arising in the cervical region: a case report
Köksal Yuca1, Mustafa Kösem, Hakan Cankaya
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yüzüncü Yil University Medical Faculty, Van, Turkey. koksalyuca@hotmail.com
Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences
|September 16, 2003
Abstract:
Castleman's disease (CD) (angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia) is a rare lymphoproliferative disease of unknown etiology. On rare occasions it is the cause of a solitary neck mass. Definitive diagnosis and treatment is possible with complete surgical resection. This report describes a case of this disorder of the hyalinovascular type as a solitary neck mass in a 35-year-old woman. The patient was treated by surgical excision.