Abstract

 

Purpose:   To present parotid involvement of infrequent disease: Castleman’s disease.

Materials and methods: Patient with Castleman’s disease underwent US, Doppler US, CT, and MRI examinations.

Results: Multiple lymphadenopathy were noted in the bilateral supraauricular, preauricular, anterior and posterior cervical chain locations. Additionally there were also multiple lymphadenopathy in the bilateral parotid gland parenchyma.

Conclusion: The head and neck region is one of the frequent involvement site of Castleman’s Disease. It may be presented with a considerable diagnostic difficulty due to its unusual localization and ability to mimic other neoplasm. The ultrasound, CT and MRI findings of an unusual case of Castleman’s disease involving the parotid gland were presented and discussed.

Key Words: Castleman’s disease, Ultrasound, CT, MRI