Retroperitoneal Castleman's disease in the perinephric space - Imaging appearance: A case report and a review of the literature

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 773-776

  Teh, H S ^a,b   Lin, M B K ^a   Tan, A S G ^a   Tan, T Y ^a   Chin, C M ^b  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (Singapore)

^b CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Angiogram; Castleman's disease; CT; MRI; Perinephric space; Radionuclides; Retroperitoneal mass; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GIANT LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034329089     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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