%0 Journal Article
%T Diagnosis of Paracardiac Castleman Disease by Dynamic Gadolinium-Enhanced First Pass Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
%A Andrew Crean
%A Narinder Paul
%A Naeem Merchant
%A Lianne Singer
%J Clinical Medicine : Case Reports
%D 2008
%I 
%X Castleman disease is an uncommon disorder affecting the lymphatic system and is characterised by atypical lymphocyte proliferation. The usual clinical presentation is of a solitary mass lesion, frequently within the thorax. A number of different imaging findings have been reported on CT and MRI. We present a case of paracardiac Castleman disease where the diagnosis was suggested by dramatic enhancement of the tumour mass during a dynamic MR perfusion sequence. To our knowledge this is the first report of the use of a first pass bolus tracking technique in the diagnosis of Castleman disease.
%K Castleman disease
%K first pass perfusion
%K gadolinium
%U http://www.la-press.com/diagnosis-of-paracardiac-castleman-disease-by-dynamic-gadolinium--a1065