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Faisal Zawawi1, Rickul Varshney2, David G Haegert3
1Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Castleman's Disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder. In the literature, only 29 cases, associated with the neck presentation in children, have been reported. This is another case report regarding a 5-year old child who presented with a persistent cervical lymphadenopathy. Final pathology, after undergoing exploratory neck dissection and surgical excision, revealed Castleman's Disease. This report, augmented with a literature review of all the 29 cases, compares the clinical course of this patient with the other cases. In conclusion, although Castleman's Disease carries a favorable prognosis in children, surgical excision is recommended to confirm the diagnosis and to rule out other causes.
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