title: PET/CT findings in a multicentric form of Castleman's disease.
abstract: We report a case of a multicentric form of Castleman's disease (CD). A thoracic computerized tomography (CT) scan showed multiple mediastinal and bilateral axillary lymph nodes. Fluoro-18 fluoro deoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography-PET/CT scan demonstrated increased (18)F-FDG accumulation in multiple lymphatic regions and in bilateral pleural areas. The histopathological sampling of an excised left axillary lymph node revealed a multicentric form of CD, of an intermediate (mixed) cell type. The disease, its differential diagnosis and the diagnostic contribution of nuclear medicine imaging, are described.
authors: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul Aksaray Istanbul/Turkey. metinhallac@yahoo.com
authors: Metin
authors: M
authors: Halac
authors: Nurhan
authors: N
authors: Ergul
authors: Sait
authors: S
authors: Sager
authors: Adalet
authors: A
authors: Demir
authors: Nur
authors: N
authors: Buyukpinarbasli
authors: Kerim
authors: K
authors: Sonmezoglu
mesh_terms: D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D044148:Lymphatic Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18