Medical news: Rare Medical condition of the parotid gland
Castleman's disease, a rare benign lymphoproliferative disorder, may be localized or widespread, with the localized form having two histopathological types. The hyaline vascular type is seen in the majority of cases, commonly presenting with only pressure symptoms in young individuals. Parotid Castleman's disease is extremely rare. To the best of the authors' knowledge, fewer than 20 cases have been reported in world literature so far. There has been only one previous case report describing the ultrasonographic findings in parotid Castleman's disease, described in a 50-year-old man in whom ultrasound showed an ill-defined, heterogeneous, partly cystic mass with multiple intraparotid and cervical lymph nodes. Ultrasound image of Castleman's disease See arrows In the present case, ultrasound showed a more homogeneously hypoechoeic mass with surrounding hypoechoeic intraparotid and cervical lymph nodes. The findings are more consistent ...