[Castleman disease--a case report].
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.
Kaczmarczyk
Dariusz
D
Klinika Chirurgii Nowotworów Głowy i Szyi, II Katedra Otolaryngologii, Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi. kaczmard@wp.pl
Zimmer-Nowicka
Joanna
J
Jesionek-Kupnicka
Dorota
D
Niedźwiecka
Izabela
I
Golińska
Aleksandra
A
Morawiec-Sztandera
Alina
A
D000328:Adult; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male