Uni-centric localization of Castleman's disease treated with laparoscopic and traditional approach. Report of two cases.

2008 
Castleman’s disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder. Clinically CD has been subdivided in two forms: unicentric and multicentric. The unicentric type is limited to a single anatomic lymph-node-bearing region. The present report describes two cases of unicentric CD: the first was an abdominal localization treated with a laparoscopic approach; the second was a submaxillary localization treated with a classical approach. In case 1 the laparoscopic approach permitted to reach diagnosis, not clear after diagnostic imaging procedures, and enabled a total and excellent resolution of the patology because our patient,after eight months of follow up, has had no evidence of recurrence of the disease. In case 2 we want to highlight that CD should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a solitary neck mass and that the surgical treatment is diagnostic and curative at the same time.
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