[Localized Castleman's disease: description of a case and review of the literature].
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.
Servicio de Medicina Interna. Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria. Málaga. Spain. inmacopri@hotmail.com
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Coca Prieto
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Ortega Jiménez
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Fernández Ruiz
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Gavilán Carrasco
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Bermúdez Recio
D000328:Adult; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck; D016896:Treatment Outcome