Castleman′s disease: Hyaline vascular type

Abstract

Castleman′s disease is a rare disease of lymph node with two identified forms, the hyaline vascular type and plasma cell type. It presents as localized or systemic lymphadenopathy or even as extranodal mass and may give rise to several differential diagnoses. Castleman′s disease represents a morphologically distinct form of lymph node hyperplasia rather than a neoplasm or a hamartoma. It occurs most commonly in adults but it can also affect children. Here we present a case of Castleman′s disease in a 22 year male patient involving right cervical lymphnode.

Keywords

• Castleman′s disease
• cervical lymph node
• hyaline vascular type