A case of primary intestinal Burkitt-like lymphoma: usefulness of sonographic diagnosis.
A 55-year-old Japanese man presented with a fist-sized, nonremovable mass in the right lower abdomen. Transabdominal sonographic examination revealed extensive wall thickening without stratification in the distal ileum and cecum, whose echogenicity was homogeneous and extremely low. Some compressibility of the affected bowel was retained. Diagnostic findings obtained with other conventional modalities were consistent with intestinal malignant lymphoma. At surgery, 3 tumors were found in the ileocecal region and the ileum. Histopathological, immunophenotypic, and molecular cytogenetic analysis of resected specimens showed a diffuse Burkitt-like type of B-cell lymphoma.
Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
Yasutomo
Y
Fujii
Nobuyuki
N
Taniguchi
Masanobu
M
Hyodo
Yoshikazu
Y
Yasuda
Hideo
H
Nagai
Kouichi
K
Itoh
D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010173:Palpation; D014463:Ultrasonography