Castleman disease mimicking an aggressive retroperitoneal neoplasm.

Abdom Imaging

Department of Radiology, JHMHC, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610-0374.

Published: October 1994

A case of Castleman disease of the retroperitoneum in a 26-year-old woman is presented. Sonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a large retroperitoneal mass with somewhat heterogeneous imaging characteristics. Although a definitive preoperative diagnosis was not possible, magnetic resonance imaging was useful in delineating the extent of the tumor and defining the characteristics of surrounding soft tissues.

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