title: Castle man disease: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: The Castleman disease (CD) is a rare disease of unknown etiology, characterized histologically by angiofollicular lymphoid hyperplasia. It comes in two forms, unicentric and multicentric. We report a case of Castleman disease in a 58 year old man, who had consulted for chronic cervical lymphadenopathy. This case was a multicenteric and rapidly fatal despite aggressive treatment with corticosteroids, and chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: ORL and Cervical Facial Unit, Hôpital Militaire Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco.
authors.forename: Mounir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kettani
authors.affiliation: ORL and Cervical Facial Unit, Hôpital Militaire Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco.
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Touiheme
authors.affiliation: ORL and Cervical Facial Unit, Hôpital Militaire Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco.
authors.forename: Hicham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Attifi
authors.affiliation: ORL and Cervical Facial Unit, Hôpital Militaire Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco.
authors.forename: Mounir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hmidi
authors.affiliation: ORL and Cervical Facial Unit, Hôpital Militaire Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boukhari
authors.affiliation: ORL and Cervical Facial Unit, Hôpital Militaire Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zalagh
authors.affiliation: ORL and Cervical Facial Unit, Hôpital Militaire Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco.
authors.forename: Abdelhamid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Messary
mesh_terms: D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012017:Referral and Consultation
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids
keywords: Angiofollicularlymphoid hyperplasia; angiomatous; cervical tumefaction; hamartoma; lymphoid; lymphoma