Unicentric Castleman's disease in the posterior cervical space mimicking a schwannoma
| Autor: | Arthur B. Dublin, Martin Ochoa-Escudero, Diego A. Herrera, A. Sanabria |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases. 133:191-193 |
| ISSN: | 1879-7296 |
| Popis: | Introduction Castleman's disease (CD) is a benign and rare lymphoid tissue disease of undetermined origin. It affects the neck infrequently; therefore its preoperative diagnosis is difficult and can be confused with other hypervascular lesions. Case report We present a case of unicentric hyaline-vascular CD in the posterior cervical space (PCS) evaluated by MRI and initially presumed to be a cervical schwannoma. Discussion As shown with our case, unicentric CD should be included in the differential diagnosis for masses in the PCS, especially when a hypervascular lesion like a schwannoma is suspected. The finding of central low intensity areas in a fissured and radial pattern in T2 sequences can help to consider CD when dealing with PCS masses as shown by previous cases and our reported experience. |
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