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Malignant non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma mimicking a benign parotid tumor: Sonographic findings
Author(s) -
Eichhorn Klaus W. G.,
Arapakis Iakovos,
Ridder Gerd Jürgen
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.10026
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , pathology , parotid gland , hodgkin lymphoma , malignant lymphoma , radiology
We report the case of an extranodal non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma mimicking a benign tumor in the left parotid gland of a 71‐year‐old woman. The clinical presentation of the painless, mobile mass was suggestive of a benign parotid tumor such as an adenoma. The intraglandular tumor appeared sonographically as a well‐circumscribed, hypoechoic, homogeneous, lobulated mass with mild distal sound enhancement. Power Doppler sonography showed marked intratumoral vascularization. The tumor was resected by lateral lobectomy of the parotid gland and was found histopathologically to be a diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma. © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 30:42–44, 2002.