CT characteristics of cervical Castleman's disease.
Castleman's disease is an uncommon disorder of benign lymph-node hyperplasia. Among all the lesions, less than 10% occurs in the neck. Our case differs from those cases previously reported. Multiple lesions were found on both sides of the neck. Contrast-enhanced CT scan showed dotty and stripy enhancement around these lesions, and rim-like enhancement was also found on delayed scan at 5 min as well. The possibility of Castleman's disease should be considered in multiple cervical masses that show well-defined marked and homogeneous enhancement, especially when stripy enhancement is found around the lesions simultaneously.
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Department of Radiology, XinQiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, ChongQing 400037, P.R. China.
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Zai-Geng
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D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed