Castleman's Disease: An Unusual Cause of a Peri‐pancreatic Hilar Mass

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Localized pancreatic Castleman disease presenting with extrahepatic dilatation of bile ducts: A case report and review of published cases

“…These results changed to normal 7 days after a pancreatic head mass excision. A possible explanation given by the author for the rise and fall of CA 19.9 could be intermittent compression of pancreatic ducts by the mass [ 17 ]. However, we found only one case that had a documented dilatation of pancreatic duct, and it did not present with a tumor marker elevation [ 18 ].…”

Peripancreatic Masses That Simulate Pancreatic Disease: Spectrum of Disease and Role of CT

“…Although at times these nodes may abut the pancreas, they are usually easy to distinguish because of their sharp borders, different enhancement patterns and textures, and known anatomic location. In other cases, especially in patients who are thin or have indistinct tissue planes or in the setting of bulky adenopathy, it may be difficult to distinguish nodes from the pancreas (3,30). The use of thin-section CT coupled with a properly timed contrast material injection usually makes this distinction clear by allowing optimal differentiation between the enhancing gland and the nonenhancing nodes.…”

Multicentric Castleman Disease - An Unusual Presentation

“…Castleman disease (CD) is an uncommon lymphoproliferative disorder that is most frequently seen as an asymptomatic mass in the mediastinum. Extrathoracic sites have been reported in the neck, shoulder area, mesentery, pelvis, pancreas and retroperitoneum [1][2][3][4] . CD is categorized as being either localized or multicentric, and further subdivided into hyaline vascular, plasma cell, or mixed histopathological patterns.…”