title: Paracardiac pleural Castleman disease: radiographic and MR findings.
abstract: Castleman disease is a rare benign lymphoid tumour of uncertain aetiology that usually appears as a solitary mediastinal mass. We report a rare case of Castleman disease in the right paracardiac pleural space, occurring in a young woman with non-specific chest discomfort. MRI showed a well-defined, oval mass that was slightly hyperintense on T(1) weighted images, inhomogeneously hyperintense on T(2) and enhanced T(1) weighted images. The patient underwent radical tumour resection and has remained well for 8 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospitals, Linkou, Keelung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: S-H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: S-F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: J-W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Y-L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: M-J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: T-Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography