Castle man disease: a case report and review of the literature

Abstract

The Castleman disease (CD) is a rare disease of unknown etiology, characterized histologically by angiofollicular lymphoid hyperplasia. It comes in two forms, unicentric and multicentric. We report a case of Castleman disease in a 58 year old man, who had consulted for chronic cervical lymphadenopathy. This case was a multicenteric and rapidly fatal despite aggressive treatment with corticosteroids, and chemotherapy.

Keywords

• angiofollicularlymphoid hyperplasia
• cervical tumefaction
• angiomatous
• lymphoid
• hamartoma
• lymphoma