Castleman disease

Castleman disease(캐슬만병, CD)는 림프절과 관련 림프 조직에 증식을 특징으로 하는 드문 질환으로 unicentric CD와 multicentric CD로 나눌 수 있다.

Imaging features

Chest CT

• commonly seen as a solitary mediastinal mass, infiltrative mass, multiple lymph nodes or rarely as matted lymphadenopathy (with or without a dominant mass) in a single mediastinal compartment
• hyaline vascular type typically shows intense homogeneous enhancement following contrast
• dynamic CT demonstrates early rapid enhancement with washout in the delayed phase
• plasma cell type are multicentric and are less enhancing