Vol.102 No.9 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 102 No. 9 September 2009
A Case of Castleman's Disease of the Neck
Eiju Kanagawa
(Saiseikai Yamaguchi General Hospital, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of
Medicine)
Osamu Horiike
(Saiseikai Yamaguchi General Hospital)
Kazuma
Sugahara and Hiroshi Yamashita
(Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine)
Castleman's disease was first reported by Castleman et al. in 1954 as localized large benign hyperplastic mediastinal lymph nodes histologically characterized by hyperplasia of lymphoid follicles and capillary proliferation with endothelial hyperplasia. We report a case of Castleman's disease of the neck. A 38-year-old woman complained of front neck swelling of about 20 year duration. Front neck swelling was scadually increasing, so she visited a local hospital. Neck echo demonstrated a mass in the front neck. The mass was not diagnosed before the operation. The tumor was surgically resected at our hospital. After surgery, the tumor was diagnosed as hyaline vascular type of Castleman's disease. Postoperatively, the patient is very well with no recurrence for 18 months.
Key words :Castleman's disease, hyaline vasciular type