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Case report:-
Shetty Prathvi1, Tauro Leo Francis2*., Alva Ashwin keshva3 & Jayaram Jnaneshwari4
1,3Assistant professor,2Professor,4Senior Resident, Department of surgery Father Muller Medical college and Hospital ,Kankanady,Mangalore-575002,Karnataka,India.
Abstract:- Castleman's disease is a very rare disorder characterized by non-cancerous growths that may develop in the lymph node tissue at a single site or throughout the body. It tends to produce cytokines due to few B cells hyper proliferation. Although officially not considered a cancer, it is similar to lymphoma due to over growth of lymphoctes in this disease. We report a case of 40yr young lady with a right upper neck swelling which was cystic in consistency and on ultrasound scanning queried to be a branchial cyst threw a pathological surprise as castleman’s disease.
Key words:- Castleman's disease ; lymphoproliferative disorder ;angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia.