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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Autores principales: Doo, Kyung Won, Kim, Bomi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Chest
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29552238
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.09.022
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Sumario: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.

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