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Intern Med
; 42(6): 500-2, 2003 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12857048
ABSTRACT
This report concerns a case of primary mesenteric malignant lymphoma detected with routine color Doppler ultrasonography. When a 44-year-old man underwent a first-time medical checkup, ultrasonographic imaging and computed tomography showed the presence of a large tumor measuring about 8 cm in transverse diameter. Color Doppler ultrasonography identified the characteristic vessel structure of a nodal lesion, namely, a hilar vessel, a curved section of the central vessel together with peripheral branches, and focal absence of perfusion in a hypoechoic imaging of the left periumbilical area. These findings contributed to the diagnosis of a malignant lymphoma and the surgical treatment of the tumor was successful.