Open AccessCastleman disease masquerading as the posterior mediastinal mass on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography
Author(s) -
Vanshika Gupta,
Ritu Verma,
Dharmender Malik,
Ethel Shangne Belho,
Sunila Jain,
Harsh Mahajan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_1_19
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , radiology , fluorodeoxyglucose , mediastinum , histopathology , positron emission tomography computed tomography , tomography , nuclear medicine , computed tomography , positron emission , mediastinal mass , pathology
A 28-year-old female presented with an incidentally detected mediastinal mass, found on routine chest X-ray. 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) was advised to plan course of further management. FDG-PET/CT findings were suggestive of an FDG-avid soft-tissue mass in the left posterior mediastinum in paravertebral location with left pleural effusion. Overall, PET/CT scan findings favored the possibility of a nerve sheath tumor. However, histopathology along with immunohistochemistry confirmed the diagnosis of Castleman disease.