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A case of primary intestinal Burkitt‐like lymphoma: Usefulness of sonographic diagnosis
Author(s) -
Fujii Yasutomo,
Taniguchi Nobuyuki,
Hyodo Masanobu,
Yasuda Yoshikazu,
Nagai Hideo,
Itoh Kouichi
Publication year - 2006
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.20196
Subject(s) - medicine , echogenicity , lymphoma , ileum , abdomen , cecum , ileocecal valve , pathology , radiology , abdominal mass , ultrasound
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. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 34:138–142, 2006