China Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ›› 2016, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (5): 478-480.

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A case of Castleman's disease in the neck and review of the literature

PANG Chao-yuan1, WU Jing1, SHI Min2, YANG Lin1   

  1. 1.Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2.Department of Pathology, Lanzhou General Hospital, Lanzhou Command of Chinese People's Liberation Army. Lanzhou 730050, Gansu Province, China
  • Received:2015-06-17 Online:2016-09-20 Published:2016-10-14

Abstract: Castleman's disease is a lymphoproliferative disease which is rare and hard to diagnose, it can involve any lymph nodes of the body, and lacks characteristic clinical diagnostic criteria. This paper reported a patient with Castleman`s disease in the neck, its classification was multicentric and hyaline vascular type. PET-CT, ultrasound examination and histological findings were discussed in order to improve in depth understanding of the disease.

Key words: Castleman's disease, PET-CT, Histological examination

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