title: Castleman's disease: an unusual retroperitoneal mass.
abstract: Castleman's disease (angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia) rarely presents as an isolated retroperitoneal mass radiographically indistinguishable from retroperitoneal malignancies. We report a case of the hyaline vascular variant of Castleman's disease presenting as a calcified pararenal mass. Computerized tomography and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of this lesion are presented, and its clinical behavior and management are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Detroit Osteopathic Hospital, Highland Park, Michigan.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Bartkowski
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ferrigni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed