Castleman disease – a case report
Journal Title: Otolaryngologia Polska - Year 2008, Vol 62, Issue 5
Abstract
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.
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Dariusz Kaczmarczyk, Joanna Zimmer-Nowicka, Dorota Jesionek-Kupnicka, Izabela Niedźwiecka, Aleksandra Golińska, Alina Morawiec-Sztandera
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