Unusual presentation of Castleman's disease mimicking lung cancer | Zendy

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Unusual 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.

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