title: Widespread Castleman disease: CT findings.
abstract: The widespread form of Castleman disease is a rare condition with aggressive, often fatal course. We describe the imaging findings of two patients with extensive Castleman lymphadenopathy. The duration of the disease was 8 years in one patient and 4.5 months in the other.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, General Hospital of Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gossios
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nikolaides
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fountzilas
mesh_terms: D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed