Open AccessAn exrathoracic presentation of castleman's disease
Author(s) -
Atul Kansara,
Shivangi Mehta
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf02907683
Subject(s) - medicine , castleman disease , pathology , mediastinum , neck mass , otorhinolaryngology , plasma cell , hyaline , disease , hyperplasia , dermatology , radiology , surgery , bone marrow
Castleman's disease, also known as angiofollicular hyperplasia, usually occurs in the mediastinum and rarely in cervical region as solitary mass. Histopathologically four variants have been recognized (Castleman et al. Cancer 1954;9:822-30) hyaline vascular type-most common type (Keller et al. Cancer 1972;29:670-83) plasma cell type (Salisbury, Pediatric Pathol 1990;10:609-15) transitional type (Shahidi, Mayo Clinic Proc 1995;70:969-77) stromal rich type. We report a case of Castleman's disease of typical histopathological picture of angio follicular hyperplasia arising from the right carotid triangle of neck in 12-year-old child without any associated systemic illness.