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Extensive Wall Thickening in Intestinal Burkitt Lymphoma
Author(s) -
Asai Satomi,
Miyachi Hayato,
Hara Makiko,
Fukagawa Satomi,
Shimamura Kazuo,
Ando Yasuhiko
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.2002.21.6.657
Subject(s) - medicine , ascending colon , lymphoma , thickening , cecum , invagination , pathology , transverse colon , ultrasonography , edema , radiology , gastroenterology , anatomy , chemistry , polymer science
Objective . To evaluate intestinal lesions in Burkitt lymphoma. Methods . Ultrasonography was used in the initial evaluation of 6 Japanese patients with intestinal Burkitt lymphoma. Results . Ultrasonography revealed marked wall thickening of the colon from the cecum through either the ascending or the transverse colon, which led to a target sign (4 cases) or a pseudokidney sign (2 cases). The target sign histopathologically corresponded to invagination of an occult tumor of the cecum into the ascending colon. Wall thickening of the colon when associated with a target or pseudokidney sign corresponded to marked lymph edema or a diffuse infiltration of Burkitt lymphoma cells into the intramural layers, respectively. Conclusions . Ultrasonography provides useful information in the initial evaluation of intestinal lesions with distinctive histopathologic characteristics in Burkitt lymphoma.