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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 38(1); 1995 > Article
Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1995;38(1): 145-50.
A Case Report of Castleman's Disease of the Submandibular Area
Young Geun Yoo, MD, Byung Hoon Oh, MD, Hoon Kim, MD, and Chun Gil Kim, MD
Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Chung Ang University, Seoul, Korea
익하선 종물로 발견된 Castleman씨병
유영근 · 오병훈 · 김 훈 · 김춘길
중앙대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실
ABSTRACT

Castleman's disease is a rare disease of lymphoid tissue which was initially described by Dr. Benjamin Castleman as ""localized mediastinal lymph node hyperplasia resembling thymoma"". This disease is a benign condition of unknown etiology. There are two distinct histologic types. The hyaline-vascular type is more common and asymptomatic. This type is characterized by small hyaline-vascular follicles and interfollicular hyaline ensheathed capillary proliferation. The plasma cell type is characterized by large follicles with intervening sheet of plasma cells and often associated with systemic symptoms. Surgical resection is curative and the treatment of choice. In case of complete excision, the systemic symptoms abate and recurrence is unlikely. Now, we report a case of hyaline-vascular type of Castleman's disease located in left submandibular area with review of previous reported literature.

Keywords: Catleman's diseaseHyaline-vascular typeSubmandibular area.
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