[Castleman's disease of the cervical region: a case report].
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.
Calli
Cağlar
C
Department of 3rd Otolaryngology, Izmir Atatürk Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. caglarcalli@hotmail.com
Oncel
Semih
S
Pinar
Ercan
E
Güçlü
Elif
E
Calli
Aylin
A
Apaydin
Melda
M
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