title: [Castleman disease--a case report].
abstract: The Castleman disease was described for the first time in 1956 by Castleman. It is a rare disease of the lymphatic tissue, manifesting in excessive proliferation of lymphocites B and plasmatic cells in lymph nodes. The etiopathogenesis if the disease still is unknown. The paper presents a case of the Castlemana disease (hyaline vascular type) in 20-year-old man with unilateral enlargement of neck lymph nodes. The case exemplifies the difficulties met in diagnostics and treatment of the Castleman disease.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Chirurgii Nowotworów Głowy i Szyi, II Katedra Otolaryngologii, Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi. kaczmard@wp.pl
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kaczmarczyk
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zimmer-Nowicka
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jesionek-Kupnicka
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Niedźwiecka
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Golińska
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morawiec-Sztandera
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male