[Effectiveness of prolonged oral administration of low-dose etoposide in a case of malignant lymphoma in the mesenterium].

Malignant lymphoma in the mesenterium is rare and carries a poor prognosis, although curative resection cases have been reported. A 39-year-old woman with non-resectable mesenteric malignant lymphoma obtained a better QOL and outcome from prolonged oral administration of low-dose etoposide as a maintenance therapy after CHOP therapy.