title: Mesenteric Castleman's disease: case report and literature review.
abstract: A 41-year-old man was discovered to have a pelvic mass during investigation for hypertension 2 years ago. Otherwise, he was asymptomatic, and abdominal magnetic resonance imaging revealed a highly vascular solid mass superior to the urinary bladder. A 131I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine whole body scan was reported as normal, which ruled out the possibility of extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma. No definitive preoperative diagnosis could be established. Surgical resection of the tumour revealed mesenteric Castleman's disease, hyaline vascular type. Such a diagnosis should be considered for any abdominal vascular mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Islamic Hospital, Amman, Jordan. saidnatour@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Said
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Natour
authors.forename: Samer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawalhi
authors.forename: Danna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Al-Muhtady
authors.forename: Eman
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hijazi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy