A Googly in the Neck-Castleman Disease

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Feb;76(1):1275-1278. doi: 10.1007/s12070-023-04266-3. Epub 2023 Oct 19.

Abstract

Lymphoproliferative disorders comprise of a group of heterogenous diseases characterised by uncontrolled production of lymphocytes.Castleman disease (CD) is one such disease and comprises of a group of rare disorders that involve enlarged lymph nodes and a broad range of inflammatory symptoms and laboratory abnormalities [1]. We came across young girl who presented to us in the out patient department with this disease After ruling out other pathologies and confirming the diagnosis by doing a tissue biopsy the girl was treated surgically and is disease free till date.

Keywords: Neck mass; Paediatric Castleman disease; Unicentric CD.