title: Visualization of central stellate fibrosis in hyaline vascular type Castleman's disease.
abstract: Hyaline vascular type Castleman's disease (HVCD) is a benign cause of lymph node hypertrophy which radiologically resembles tumours such as paraganglioma and lymphoma. However, a distinguishing pathological characteristic of HVCD is the presence of central stellate fibrosis. Since conventional CT and MRI scans failed to differentiate areas of fibrosis, three-phase dynamic CT was performed on a patient who was thought to have HVCD. The images showed central fibrosis and consequently the correct pre-operative diagnosis of HVCD was made.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mitsuyoshi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zaima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed