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Castleman Disease Presenting with Cervical Adenopathy in a Four-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Castleman Disease (CD) is an uncommon cause of cervical lymphadenopathy in paediatric age group. Only few cases have been reported from outside Indian Subcontinent so far in paediatric age group (≤18 years), presenting with cervical adenopathy. A fouryear-old girl child presented to the our OPD with bilateral enlargement of cervical lympho nodes. FNAC of cervical node revealed CD. Child responded well to conservative treatment and is in follow up without any of recurrence and need of surgery. This case highlights the overall benign course of disease in unicentric hyaline vascular type CD.

Source: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH

DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2017/26622.10971

Authors: Ankur Singh, Vijay Kumar Jha, Rajniti Prasad, Mohan Kumar, Om Prakash Mishra

Institutions: Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University

Language: English

Topic: Lymphadenopathy Diagnosis and Analysis

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $275