title: Color Doppler findings in Castleman's disease of the mesentery.
abstract: Castleman's disease is a relatively rare lymphoproliferative disease. We report an asymptomatic case of Castleman's disease isolated to the mesentery and detected incidentally by sonography. In this case, color Doppler sonography demonstrated an artery penetrating the mass's hilum, suggesting a lymphatic origin of the lesion, as well as fine accessory peripheral arteries, suggesting malignancy. To our knowledge, there has been no previous report of detailed color Doppler findings in Castleman's disease.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamashima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komatsuda
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Masamune
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008643:Mesentery / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color