Castleman's disease: A rare indication for endovascular therapy for hemoptysis

Abstract

Castleman's disease (CD) is a rare lympho-proliferative disorder due to faulty immune regulation resulting in proliferation of lymphatic tissue. The vascular supply to these lesions have been reported to arise from the bronchial, internal mammary and the intercostal arteries. We report a case of hemoptysis secondary to intrathoracic CD with vascular supply arising from the left inferior phrenic artery which was successfully embolised with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) particles.

Keywords

• atypical radiological features
• castleman’s disease
• hemoptysis
• inferior phrenic artery