Open AccessUnusual presentation of Castleman's disease mimicking lung cancer
Author(s) -
Chen MingTsung,
Lee ShihChun,
Lu ChunChi,
Tsai ChenLiang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
respirology case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2051-3380
DOI - 10.1002/rcr2.416
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoidosis , castleman disease , presentation (obstetrics) , mediastinal lymphadenopathy , lung cancer , mediastinal mass , pathology , disease , interstitial lung disease , lung , radiology
Castleman's disease (CD) is an uncommon lymphoproliferative disorder characterized as either unicentric or multicentric presentation based on the involving sites. The most frequent presentation of CD is a solitary mediastinal mass. We reported a patient with a history of heavy smoking with particular image features of CD, which presented as mediastinal lymphadenopathy and peribronchovascular interstitial thickening mimicking lung cancer or sarcoidosis initially.