Castleman's Disease Mimicking Carotid Body Tumor

The authors present a case of 41-year-old patient with unicentric type of Castleman's disease in the neck imitating carotid glomus tumor. This rare condition can affect any lymph-node in the body and neck localization occurs only in 14% of cases. The case when Castleman's disease simulatin...

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Published in:Acta medica martiniana 2012-08, Vol.12 (2), p.39-44
Main Authors: Hanzel, P., Calkovsky, V., Sinak, I., Szepe, P., Zelenak, K., Hajtman, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer
carotid body tumor
Castleman's disease
Castleman's disease therapy
chemodectoma
Lymphatic system
Medical diagnosis
preoperative embolization
Tumors
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Summary:The authors present a case of 41-year-old patient with unicentric type of Castleman's disease in the neck imitating carotid glomus tumor. This rare condition can affect any lymph-node in the body and neck localization occurs only in 14% of cases. The case when Castleman's disease simulating chemodectoma have not been described yet in the literature. The authors give details on the course of the disease, its diagnosis and treatment and the discussion focuses on the reasons why the auxiliary imaging methods have led to the clinical diagnosis of carotid glomus tumor, and why the treatment was chosen.
ISSN:1335-8421
1338-4139
DOI:10.2478/v10201-011-0036-2