Case Report: A rare case of primary hepatic Castleman's disease mimicking a liver tumor

Hong Chen; Xiaoxi Pang; Jie Li; Baixuan Xu; Yachao Liu

doi:10.3389/fonc.2022.974263

Case Report: A rare case of primary hepatic Castleman's disease mimicking a liver tumor

Front Oncol. 2022 Aug 30:12:974263. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.974263. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Hong Chen¹, Xiaoxi Pang¹, Jie Li², Baixuan Xu³, Yachao Liu³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
² Department of Pathology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.

Abstract

Castleman's disease (CD) is a primary lymphoproliferative disorder of the lymph nodes with rare extra-nodal primary affection. Solid organ involvement is rare, and isolated liver involvement is extremely rare. Here we presented a case of a 59-year-old woman with a hepatic lesion accidentally found by ultrasound. The MRI result indicated primary liver malignancy or liver metastases. ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT could not exclude hepatic malignant tumor due to its high metabolism. Finally, the hepatic CD was confirmed by postoperative pathology.

Keywords: liver; mri; pathology; pet/ct; unicentric castleman’s disease.

Publication types

Case Reports