Castleman Disease Presenting with Cervical Adenopathy in a Four-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research - Year 2017, Vol 11, Issue 12
Abstract
Castleman Disease (CD) is an uncommon cause of cervical lymphadenopathy in paediatric age group. Only few cases have been reported from outside Indian Subcontinent so far in paediatric age group (≤18 years), presenting with cervical adenopathy. A fouryear-old girl child presented to the our OPD with bilateral enlargement of cervical lympho nodes. FNAC of cervical node revealed CD. Child responded well to conservative treatment and is in follow up without any of recurrence and need of surgery. This case highlights the overall benign course of disease in unicentric hyaline vascular type CD.
Authors and Affiliations
Ankur Singh, Vijay Kumar Jha, Rajniti Prasad, Mohan Kumar, Om Prakash Mishra
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- DOI 10.7860/JCDR/2017/26622.10971
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