Castleman's disease presenting as a pleural tumor: a case report with CT findings

Castleman's disease presenting as a pleural tumor: a case report with CT findings

Castleman's disease (CD) is an uncommon benign lymphoproliferative disorder which most commonly involves the mediastinum but rarely affects the pleura. We report a case of unicentric CD that presents as a pleural mass in a 45-year-old man, which was subsequently resected followed by an unexpect...

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Main Authors: Kyung Won Doo, MD, Bomi Kim, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-02-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
Subjects:
Computed tomography
Lymphoproliferative disorder
Castleman's disease
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043317302662
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spelling doaj-2673802365d349de8702c046f4b7d1e32020-11-24T20:50:55ZengElsevierRadiology Case Reports1930-04332018-02-01131182010.1016/j.radcr.2017.09.022Castleman's disease presenting as a pleural tumor: a case report with CT findingsKyung Won Doo, MD0Bomi Kim, MD1Department of Radiology, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Haeundae-ro 875, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48108, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Pathology, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Haeundae-ro 875, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48108, Republic of KoreaCastleman's disease (CD) is an uncommon benign lymphoproliferative disorder which most commonly involves the mediastinum but rarely affects the pleura. We report a case of unicentric CD that presents as a pleural mass in a 45-year-old man, which was subsequently resected followed by an unexpected diagnosis on histologic examination. Although rare, CD should be included in the differential diagnosis of well-enhancing pleural mass.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043317302662Computed tomographyLymphoproliferative disorderCastleman's disease
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Castleman's disease presenting as a pleural tumor: a case report with CT findings
Radiology Case Reports
Computed tomography
Lymphoproliferative disorder
Castleman's disease
author_facet Kyung Won Doo, MD
Bomi Kim, MD
author_sort Kyung Won Doo, MD
title Castleman's disease presenting as a pleural tumor: a case report with CT findings
title_short Castleman's disease presenting as a pleural tumor: a case report with CT findings
title_full Castleman's disease presenting as a pleural tumor: a case report with CT findings
title_fullStr Castleman's disease presenting as a pleural tumor: a case report with CT findings
title_full_unstemmed Castleman's disease presenting as a pleural tumor: a case report with CT findings
title_sort castleman's disease presenting as a pleural tumor: a case report with ct findings
publisher Elsevier
series Radiology Case Reports
issn 1930-0433
publishDate 2018-02-01
description Castleman's disease (CD) is an uncommon benign lymphoproliferative disorder which most commonly involves the mediastinum but rarely affects the pleura. We report a case of unicentric CD that presents as a pleural mass in a 45-year-old man, which was subsequently resected followed by an unexpected diagnosis on histologic examination. Although rare, CD should be included in the differential diagnosis of well-enhancing pleural mass.
topic Computed tomography
Lymphoproliferative disorder
Castleman's disease
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043317302662
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