Castleman’s Disease Presenting as an Abdominal Mass

Abstract

Castleman’s disease is an uncommon lymphoproliferative disorder. It can present as unicentric disease or multicentric disease. Here we present a case in which a 60 year old female who presented with upper abdominal discomfort was evaluated with contrast enhanced CT scan and was initially thought to have a paraganglioma at hepatoduodenal ligament, but was later diagnosed as having Castleman’s disease.

Keywords

• abdominal lump
• angiolymphoid hyperplasia
• giant lymph node hyperplasia