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A case of incidentally detected Castleman’s disease with retroperitoneal paravertebral localization
Author(s) -
Aygun Cem,
Tekin M Ilteris,
Demirhan Beyhan,
Peskircioglu C Levent,
Agildere Muhtesem,
Ozkardes Hakan
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2000.00128.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiogram , differential diagnosis , radiology , mediastinum , asymptomatic , castleman disease , retroperitoneal space , lesion , biopsy , disease , pathology
Castleman’s disease, or angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia, is a fairly rare benign tumor of lymphoid origin. The expected localization is mediastinum and rarely retroperitoneum. An asymptomatic case is reported with multimodality imaging and postoperative findings. The lesion was detected incidentally on routine chest radiogram. Surgical exploration revealed a retroperitoneal mass and the mass was resected successfully through a thoracoabdominal flank incision. Castleman’s disease should be included in the list of differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal masses which are mostly malignant tumors.