We read an interesting article by Khalil et al. entitled “Diffusion-weighted whole-body
imaging with background body signal suppression in Castleman disease” published in
your journal in January 2013 [
1
,
2
]. The patient in this report had a successful outcome. Nevertheless, we want to share
supportive information about this rare disease. We treated a patient with monocentric
(hyaline vascular type) Castleman disease (CD).To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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References
- Diffusion-weighted whole-body imaging with background body signal suppression in Castleman disease.Clin Imaging. 2013; 37: 185-188
- Contribution of diffuse-weighted whole body imaging with background body signal suppression (DWIBS) in multisystemic Castleman's disease.Presse Med. 2013; 42: 368-370
- Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital case no. 40011.N Engl J Med. 1954; 250: 26-30
- Characteristics of Castleman’s disease in Peru.Eur J Intern Med. 2006; 17: 170-174
- Usefulness of the calculated apparent diffusion coefficient value in the differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal masses.J Magn Reson Imaging. 2004; 20: 735-742
Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 10, 2014
Accepted:
February 21,
2014
Received in revised form:
February 15,
2014
Received:
February 3,
2014
Footnotes
☆Conflict of interests: The authors have not been influenced by any financial or personal relationship with people or organizations in preparation of this study.
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