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Se reportan cinco casos de enfermedad de Castleman (EC) ingresados en el Hospital "Hermanos Ameijeiras". Cuatro casos correspondieron a la variedad histológica hialinovascular y uno a la plasmocelular. Todos los casos de la variedad hialinovascular fueron localizados y uno de ellos se complicó con un sarcoma de células foliculares dendríticas. La variedad plasmocelular fue del ltipo multicéntrico. De los cuatro casos localizados dos fueron retroperitoneales y recibieron sólo tratamiento quirúrgico; el otro de localización cervical recibió radioterapia y esteroides; y el cuarto de localización axilar, fue tratado con exéresis quirúrgica seguido de radioterapia. El último caso, de tipo multicéntrico y plasmocelular, recibió sólo tratamiento con prednisona. Todos los casos se mantienen vivos en la actualidad, y sólo el de la variedad plasmocelular continua con síntomas. It has been reported five cases of Castleman's disease. They were admited at "Hermanos Ameijeiras" Surgical-Clinic Hospital. In four out of the five cases belonged to hyaline-vascular histological variety and one case to plamocelular variety. All the cases which belonged hyaline-vascular variety were located and one of them was complicated with sarcoma of dendritic follicular cells. The plasmacelular variety was of the multicentric type. Of the four located cases two of them were retroperitoneals and they received surgical treatment only; the case of cervical location was treated with radiotherapy and steroids and the forth one of axillary location was treated with surgical removal followed of radiotherapy. The last one case, of plasma-cell and multicentric type, was only treated with prednisone. All the patients are still alive and only the one with plasmacelular variety has symptoms yet.