Discussion
Diagnosis With Brief Discussion
- Diagnosis
- Castleman's disease (Hyaline vascular type)
- Radiologic Findings
- Well defined mass is noted anterior to right inferior pulmonary vein on low dose screening CT scan (Fig 1).
Contrast enhanced CT scan shows well enhanced mass anterior to right inferior pulmonary vein (Fig 2). CT attenuation of the mass was 132HU.
- Brief Review
- Castleman disease is not a distinct disease entity, but rather it is a diverse group of rare lymphoproliferative disorders of differing histopathologic properties and biologic behavior. It is classified into two major subgroups: localized Castleman disease and disseminated Castleman disease. There are two major histologic variants: hyaline-vascular Castleman disease and plasma cell Castleman disease. Most patients with localized thoracic Castleman disease have hyaline-vascular Castleman disease. Localized hyaline-vascular Castleman disease affects individuals of all age groups, with a peak incidence in the fourth decade of life. Female patients are more commonly affected.
On CT images, it manifests as a homogenous or heterogeneous soft tissue mass with marked enhancement. McAdams et al. reported three morphologic patterns: (a) a solitary mass, (b) a dominant infiltrative mass with associated lymphadenopathy, (c) diffuse lymphadenopathy confined to a single mediastinal compartment. Identification of the solitary mass pattern suggests that complete surgical resection is likely.
- References
- 1. McAdams HP, Rosado-de-Christenson M, Fishback NF, Templeton PA. Castleman disease of the thorax: radiologic features with clinical and histopathologic correlation. Radiology 1998; 209:221-228
- Please refer to
- Case 56 Case 92 Case 212 Case 253 Case 278 Case 319 Case 374 Case 387 Case 519
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- Keywords
- Mediastinum, Lymphproliferative disorder, Lymphoid hyperplasia,