title: Mesenteric malignant lymphoma detected with routine color Doppler ultrasonography.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Maruko Central and General Hospital, Nagano.
authors.forename: Shigetoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hosaka
authors.forename: Mitsuhisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuzawa
authors.forename: Kazutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeuchi
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Siro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miwa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery / Q000473:pathology*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods