1. Cervical unicentric Castleman's disease in children
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I. Lahmer, L. Boughammoura, A. Affissath, M. Trimeche, J. Bouguila, and M. Abdelkefi
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Male ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Physical examination ,Disease ,Complete resection ,Lesion ,Neck Muscles ,medicine ,Humans ,Child ,Lymph node ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Castleman Disease ,Castleman's disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Surgical excision ,Surgery ,Good prognosis ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Sternocleidomastoid muscle ,Neck - Abstract
Summary Introduction Unicentric Castleman's disease (CD) is a rare benign lymphoproliferative disorder. A cervical location has rarely been reported in the pediatric literature. Case report A 13-year-old boy presented with a mass in the right neck region of 3 months’ evolution. Clinical examination revealed a smooth mobile 5 cm node deep in the sternocleidomastoid muscle. The diagnosis of hyaline vascular type CD was confirmed by complete surgical excision and histopathologic examination. Postoperative course was simple, without recurrence over 1 year's follow-up. Discussion and conclusion Cervically located CD often shows few symptoms, and is rarely suggested by a cervical mass found in children. Definitive diagnosis is histopathological. The hyaline vascular type of unicentric CD has a good prognosis after complete resection of the lesion.
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