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Castleman's disease CT

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]

Overview

CT Scan

To detect the enlarged lymph nodes in the chest, neck, abdomen, groin.
Enlargement of liver and spleen can also be detected.
Findings include:
- Contrast enhancement
- Homogenous

(A)Castleman’s disease Preoperative CT scan of the abdomen showing a highly vascularized retroperitoneal tumor measuring 10 × 9.2 cm with intratumor calcifications. Right ureter dilatation (grade II), (coronal multiplanar reformation, MPR) (B) The same tumor in axial orientation. No other tumor localization in the abdomen nor enlarged lymph nodes were detected.

References

de:Morbus Castleman

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