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A Googly in the Neck—Castleman Disease

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Lymphoproliferative disorders comprise of a group of heterogenous diseases characterised by uncontrolled production of lymphocytes.Castleman disease (CD) is one such disease and comprises of a group of rare disorders that involve enlarged lymph nodes and a broad range of inflammatory symptoms and laboratory abnormalities [1]. We came across young girl who presented to us in the out patient department with this disease After ruling out other pathologies and confirming the diagnosis by doing a tissue biopsy the girl was treated surgically and is disease free till date.

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  1. Department of ENT, Seth V.C Gandhi & M. A. Vora Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai, India

    Ritu K Sheth, Purnima Kumar, Athira Vishnurag, Deepika Choudhary & Jansimary Pushparaj

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Sheth, R.K., Kumar, P., Vishnurag, A. et al. A Googly in the Neck—Castleman Disease. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 76, 1275–1278 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-023-04266-3

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