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Angiofollicularlymphoid hyperplasia cervical tumefaction angiomatous lymphoid hamartoma lymphoma
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Castle man disease: a case report and review of the literature
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The Castleman disease (CD) is a rare disease of unknown etiology, characterized histologically by angiofollicular lymphoid hyperplasia. It comes in two forms, unicentric and multicentric. We report a case of Castleman disease in a 58 year old man, who had consulted for chronic cervical lymphadenopathy. This case was a multicenteric and rapidly fatal despite aggressive treatment with corticosteroids, and chemotherapy
Key words: Angiofollicularlymphoid hyperplasia, cervical tumefaction, angiomatous, lymphoid, hamartoma, lymphoma
