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Castleman's disease as a uncommon cause of a neck mass

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Castleman's disease is an uncommon cause of a neck mass; in only 6% of the cases reported in the literature was the disease located in the neck. We present the case of a 21-year-old woman who developed a swelling in the left side of her neck that was subsequently diagnosed as Castleman's disease. The different forms of the disease and its histopathology are discussed.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Free University Hospital, P.O. Box 7057, NL-1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    D. P. Kooper & R. M. Tiwari

  2. Department of Pathology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    P. van der Valk

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  1. D. P. Kooper
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Kooper, D.P., Tiwari, R.M. & van der Valk, P. Castleman's disease as a uncommon cause of a neck mass. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 251, 370–372 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00171548

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