BACKGROUND: @entity12692 is unusual, and we present our experience with eight surgically proven cases. METHODS: Between 1980 and 2002, 8 @entity1 (7 @entity1 and 1 @entity1 ; age range, 20 to 53 years; mean, 26.5 years) with surgically proven, pleural @entity12692 (six hyaline vascular type, one plasma cell type, and one mixed type) were encountered. Their clinical, imaging, and surgical findings were reviewed. RESULTS: Five @entity1 were asymptomatic, 1 had @entity1353 , 1 had cough, and 1 experienced chest discomfort. Chest radiography showed a well-circumscribed interlobar, cardiophrenic, or paraaortic mass in 6 @entity1 , a massive effusion in 1, and a focal diaphragmatic bulge in 1. Six @entity5 showed varying degrees of contrast enhancement (10 to 95 HU; mean, 46 HU) on computed tomography. Three cases appeared as well-defined, heterogeneously hyperintense pleural masses on magnetic resonance imaging. The masses varied in size from 3 to 10 cm (mean, 5.2 cm). Five masses greater than 5 cm had prominent pleural arterial blood supply and severe adhesions requiring thoracotomy and resection of nearby structures for radical @entity5 excision. @entity190 from @entity1 varied between 100 and 850 mL (mean, 620 mL). No @entity5 recurrence was noted during follow-up (range, 1 to 16 years; mean, 6.5 years). CONCLUSIONS: Pleural @entity12692 predominately affects young @entity1 and manifests as a well-circumscribed mass with a varying degree of contrast enhancement on computed tomography and heterogeneity on magnetic resonance imaging. @entity5 greater than 5 cm have profuse pleural blood supplies and severe adhesion necessitating open thoracotomy and resection of neighboring structures. Radical resection can produce a satisfactory outcome.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'man'] @entity1353 :: ('MESH:D004417', 'Disease') :: ['dyspnea'] @entity190 :: ('MESH:D006473', 'Disease') :: ['Blood loss'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'Tumors', 'tumors'] @entity12692 :: ('MESH:D005871', 'Disease') :: ['Castleman disease of the pleura', 'Castleman disease']
@entity12692 :: (MESH:D005871,Disease) :: ['Castleman disease of the pleura']
