A Elmas, M Akçam

Abstract

Lymph node enlargement is a concern for physicians and parents due to the potential for malignancy in childhood. Castleman's disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder in children characterised by the proliferation of lymphoid tissue of unknown aetiology. Two clinical types, localised and multicentric, have been described. There are three histopathological types, including hyaline vascular, plasma cell and mixed. It is usually localised in the mediastinum and is rare in the head and neck region. In this article, we present the case of a 5.5-year-old male patient who presented with a mass in the neck and was treated surgically with a diagnosis of unicentric hyaline vascular type Castleman's disease after histopathological examination.