Unusual presentation of Castleman's disease mimicking lung cancer

Respirol Case Rep. 2019 Mar 14;7(4):e00416. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.416. eCollection 2019 May.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Castleman's disease; lymphadenopathy; peribronchovascular interstitial thickening.

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