Chest wall Castleman's disease: CT and MRI findings.
Castleman's disease is an usually benign lymphoid tumor of uncertain etiology that generally appears as a solitary mediastinal mass. We present a case of Castleman's disease in the right chest wall of a 60-year-old woman. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a well-defined, oval mass that was early enhanced on T1-weighted images. The mass was diagnosed by percutaneous core needle biopsy with computed tomography guidance. The patient has remained well for 5 years without an increase in tumor size. We also summarize the international literature.
Tanaka
Osamu
O
Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan. osa-mu@umin.ac.jp
Kiryu
Takuji
T
Hirose
Yoshinobu
Y
Fujikake
Rizu
R
Sakurai
Kota
K
Hoshi
Hiroaki
H
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D035441:Thoracic Wall; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed