Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology (Sep 2022)
Localized Plaques on the Scalp as Initial Presentation of Multicentric Plasmacytic Castleman Disease
Abstract
Heng Zhang, Kun Li, Jianzhong Zhang, Xue Chen Department of Dermatology, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Xue Chen, Department of Dermatology, Peking University People’s Hospital, # 11. Xizhimen South St, Beijing, 100044, People’s Republic of China, Tel +8610 88325472, Fax +8610 88325474, Email [email protected]: Castleman disease (CD) is a rare heterogeneous lymphoproliferative disorder and presents as unicentric Castleman disease (UCD) or multicentric Castleman disease (MCD). Cutaneous manifestations of MCD are rare and variable. Here, we reported an unusual case of MCD that initially presented with localized plaques on the scalp.Keywords: Castleman disease, plasma cell variant, skin