<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The authors present a case of 41-year-old patient with unicentric type of Castleman's disease in the neck imitating carotid glomus tumor. This rare condition can affect any lymph-node in the body and neck localization occurs only in 14% of cases. The case when Castleman's disease simulating chemodectoma have not been described yet in the literature. The authors give details on the course of the disease, its diagnosis and treatment and the discussion focuses on the reasons why the auxiliary imaging methods have led to the clinical diagnosis of carotid glomus tumor, and why the treatment was chosen.</p></abstract>

The authors present a case of 41-year-old patient with unicentric type of Castleman's disease in the neck imitating carotid glomus tumor. This rare condition can affect any lymph-node in the body and neck localization occurs only in 14% of cases. The case when Castleman's disease simulating chemodectoma have not been described yet in the literature. The authors give details on the course of the disease, its diagnosis and treatment and the discussion focuses on the reasons why the auxiliary imaging methods have led to the clinical diagnosis of carotid glomus tumor, and why the treatment was chosen.

Castleman's Disease Mimicking Carotid Body Tumor

Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Comenius University, Martin, Slovakia

Clinic of Transplant, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Comenius University, Martin, Slovakia

Department of Pathological Anatomy, Comenius University, Martin, Slovakia

Clinic of Radiodiagnostics, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Martin, Comenius University, Martin, Slovakia

Acta Medica Martiniana

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The authors present a case of 41-year-old patient with unicentric type of Castleman's disease in the neck imitating carotid glomus tumor. This rare condition...

Castleman's Disease Mimicking Carotid Body Tumor

Published Online: Sep 11, 2012

Page range: 39 - 44

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10201-011-0036-2

Keywords
Castleman's disease, carotid body tumor, chemodectoma, Castleman's disease therapy, preoperative embolization

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Castleman's Disease Mimicking Carotid Body Tumor

Published Online: Sep 11, 2012

Page range: 39 - 44

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10201-011-0036-2

KeywordsCastleman's disease, carotid body tumor, chemodectoma, Castleman's disease therapy, preoperative embolization

This content is open access.

Keywords
Castleman's disease, carotid body tumor, chemodectoma, Castleman's disease therapy, preoperative embolization