title: Castleman's disease arising in the cervical region: a case report.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yüzüncü Yil University Medical Faculty, Van, Turkey. koksalyuca@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Köksal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yuca
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kösem
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cankaya
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kutluhan
authors.forename: Muzaffer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiris
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans