title: Castleman's disease arising from the accessory spleen: ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging findings.
abstract: Castleman's disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder of unknown etiology. To our knowledge, Castleman's disease arising from the accessory spleen has not been reported in the literature. We report the case of localized Castleman's disease arising from the accessory spleen in a 34-year-old woman and discuss the characteristic findings of ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-0042, Japan.
authors.forename: Chiharu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hama
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kadota
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugiura
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aida
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kosuda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography