A CASE OF MEDIASTINAL CASTLEMAN LYMPHOMA

Abstract

Castleman lymphoma was first reported by Castleman as a case of mediastinal lymphnode hyperplasia in 1954. In Japan, that was first reported by Inada et al., in 1958. This paper describes a case of mediastinal Castleman lymphoma with a review of 218 cases in the Japanese literature. A 28-year-old male was admitted because of an abnormal shadow on a homogeneous mass (4.0×3.0cm) at the rt-anterolateral side of 7th vertebra. T2 weighted MR image demonstrated the tumor as a hyperintense lesion. The size of resected tumor was 4.0×2.8×2.5cm. It revealed gray colored homogenous section. According to the Keller's classificasion histological diagnosis was hyaline vascular type Castlman lymphoma.