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Multicentric Castleman's disease in a child with subpectoral involvement

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Castleman's disease is a benign lymphoproliferative disorder characterised by enlarged hyperplastic lymph nodes. It is rare in children and usually presents as localised disease. Subpectoral involvement has not been previously described in multicentric Castleman's disease in children. We present the CT, US and Doppler US findings of hyaline-vascular type multicentric Castleman's disease in a 5 year-old-boy with masses in the left subpectoral region and supraclavicular and axillary lymphadenopathy.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Farabi Hospital, Medical School of Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey

    Polat Koşucu, Ali Ahmetoğlu & Halit Reşit Gümele

  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Farabi Hospital, Medical School of Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

    Mustafa İmamoğlu & Ali Çay

  3. Department of Pathology, Farabi Hospital, Medical School of Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

    Ümit Çobanoğlu

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Koşucu, P., Ahmetoğlu, A., İmamoğlu, M. et al. Multicentric Castleman's disease in a child with subpectoral involvement. Pediatr Radiol 33, 570–573 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-003-0947-0

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