title: Castleman's disease as an unusual neck mass: case report.
abstract: Castleman's disease is a rare, benign disease of unknown cause that induces reactive lymph node hyperplasia, most commonly in the mediastinum. It has 2 histologic subtypes: hyaline vascular and plasma cellular. A definitive diagnosis necessitates tissue biopsy. A specimen may be even misdiagnosed as lymphoma in frozen section. Surgery is the treatment of choice for the solitary form, whereas chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and steroids are proposed for the multicentric type. A neck mass diagnosed as Castleman's disease in a 48-year-old woman is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Somdas
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ketenci
authors.forename: Sohbet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bicer
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Senturk
authors.forename: Ercihan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guney
mesh_terms: D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed