Castleman's disease as an unusual cause for dysphagia and dyspnea in a pediatric patient

Eduardo Raboso; Rafael Barberá; Leopoldo Guimaraens; Jose Luis Solorzano; Beatriz Delgado-Vargas

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.07.017

Castleman's disease as an unusual cause for dysphagia and dyspnea in a pediatric patient

Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2019 Oct:125:164-167. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.07.017. Epub 2019 Jul 15.

Authors

Eduardo Raboso¹, Rafael Barberá¹, Leopoldo Guimaraens², Jose Luis Solorzano³, Beatriz Delgado-Vargas⁴

Affiliations

¹ Otolaryngology Department, MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid, Spain.
² Endovascular and Percutaneous Therapeutic Department, Hospital Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Madrid, Spain.
³ Pathology Department, MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid, Spain.
⁴ Otolaryngology Department, MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid, Spain; Otolaryngology Department, Hospital Universitario de Torrejón, Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain. Electronic address: beatriz.delgadov9@gmail.com.

PMID: 31326733
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.07.017

Abstract

Castleman's disease is a very rare entity in pediatric population and its presentation in the neck is scarcely described in the literature. We present the case of a 10-year-old-girl with an expanding neck mass over several months causing dysphagia and dyspnea. Surgical excision of the mass was performed and the analysis revealed unicentric Castleman's Disease. This is the second largest reported case of neck pediatric CD in the literature, and it presented with a symptomatology that differs from the other cases described. This fact highlights the need to include CD in the differential diagnosis of pediatric neck masses.

Keywords: Castleman disease; Head and neck; Parapharyngeal tumor; Pediatric.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Castleman Disease / complications*
Castleman Disease / diagnosis*
Child
Deglutition Disorders / diagnosis
Deglutition Disorders / etiology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Dyspnea / diagnosis
Dyspnea / etiology*
Female
Humans
Neck / surgery