title: Mediastinal Castleman disease: MR and MRA features.
abstract: Castleman disease is a rare lymphproliferative disorder that most commonly occurs in the mediastinum. The tumor is very vascular, and biopsy is dangerous. We report magnetic resonance angiography findings, to our knowledge previously undescribed, of prominent feeding vessels; this might draw attention to the possible diagnosis and avoid inappropriate biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ecklund
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Hartnell
mesh_terms: D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013908:Thoracotomy