CASTLEMAN'S DISEASE AS A CAUSE OF CHRONIC DYSPNEA: CASE REPORT

¹Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kulak-Burun-Boğaz Kliniği, Ankara, Türkiye
²Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Patoloji Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye Castleman hastalığı, boyun bölgesinde kitle ile karşımıza çıkabilen bir hastalıktır. Castleman's diesase may cause neck mass. A patient complaining of chronic dyspnea had been treated with the presumptive diagnosis of bronchial asthma. However, her complaints did not subside after treatment. She applied to our clinic due to a mass in lower jugular region that was compressing the trachea. Fine needle aspiration biopsy was reported to be consisting of benign cytology. Complete excision of the mass was done under general anesthesia and the histopathologic assessment was consistent with Castleman's disease. Dyspnea was found to be almost totally relieved in the postoperative period. Castleman's disease may cause neck mass and result in various symptomatology due to compression of the surrounding structures. Keywords : Castleman hastalığı, anjiyofolliküler lenf nodu hiperplazisi, kronik dispne