Abstract

COCA PRIETO, I. et al. Localized Castleman´s disease: description of a case and review of the literature. An. Med. Interna (Madrid) [online]. 2003, vol.20, n.10, pp.42-44. ISSN 0212-7199.

Castleman’s disease is a rare entity which is caracterized by its histological features: hyperplasia of lymph nodes and capillary proliferation. Two histological patterns has been described: hyaline vascular type and plasma cell type. From a clinical viewpoint has been identified two different clinical course: a localized type (ECL) usually of benign clinical course and a multicentric type (ECM) of worst prognosis. We present a case of Castleman´s disease localized in the neck region in which the excision was both diagnostic and therapeutic. The variety histological was hyaline-vascular type.

Keywords : Angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia; Giant lymph node; Lymphatic diseases.

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