Castleman's disease in the retropharyngeal space: CT and MR imaging findings.
We report CT and MR imaging findings in a case of Castleman's disease involving the retropharyngeal space in a middle-aged woman. On CT scans, a well-marginated, homogeneous, and densely enhancing mass was detected in the right retropharyngeal space. The mass was isointense to the muscle on T1-weighted MR images, hyperintense to the muscle on T2-weighted MR images, and showed homogeneous, strong enhancement on contrast-enhanced T1-weighted MR images. The linear hypointense signal in an arborizing pattern was observed within the mass on all pulse sequences.
Shin
J H
JH
Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Lee
H K
HK
Kim
S Y
SY
Khang
S K
SK
Park
S H
SH
Choi
C G
CG
Suh
D C
DC
D000328:Adult; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed