title: [Castleman's disease of the cervical region: a case report].
abstract: Castleman's disease is a rare disorder characterized by massive proliferation of the lymphoid tissue due to an unknown cause. Two clinical types (localized, multicentric) have been described with three histological variants (hyaline-vascular, plasma cell, and mixed type). A 47-year-old female patient was referred to our department because of a swelling in the posterior cervical region. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy was suggestive of lymphoma. Total excision of the mass was performed under general anesthesia with intraoperative frozen section examination. Histopathologic diagnosis was Castleman's disease of hyaline-vascular type. Castleman's disease should also be considered for suspicious masses in the neck.
authors.affiliation: Department of 3rd Otolaryngology, Izmir Atatürk Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. caglarcalli@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Cağlar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calli
authors.forename: Semih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oncel
authors.forename: Ercan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pinar
authors.forename: Elif
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Güçlü
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calli
authors.forename: Melda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Apaydin
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged