A case of hepatic lymphoma showing a mixed pattern on contrast-enhanced ultrasonography

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  • IWAI Takahito
    Division of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital
  • NISHIDA Mutsumi
    Division of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital
  • SATOH Megumi
    Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital
  • KUDOU Yusuke
    Division of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital
  • OMOTEHARA Satomi
    Division of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital
  • FUJITA Hiromi
    Department of Surgical Pathology, Hokkaido University Hospital
  • MANABE Noriko
    Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital
  • KOMATSU Yoshito
    Cancer Center, Hokkaido University Hospital
  • KAHATA Kaoru
    Division of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital
  • SHIMIZU Chikara
    Division of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital

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  • 造影超音波検査を施行した悪性リンパ腫肝病変の1症例

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Hepatic lymphomas generally appear as diffuse hypoechoic lesions. Here we report an unusual case of a hepatic lymphoma that showed a mixed pattern on contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) because of central necrosis or hemorrhage. A woman in her 70s was referred to Hokkaido University Hospital with epigastralgia. Hepatic metastasis from gastroesophageal cancer was initially suspected on the basis of computed tomography (CT) findings. Ultrasonography (US) revealed a 91-mm, solid lesion with a clearly defined border in hepatic segment 4. The peripheral and central zones of the lesion were hypoechoic and hyperechoic, respectively. The arterial phase of CEUS revealed strong homogeneous enhancement in the peripheral zone and no enhancement in the central zone, while the portal phase showed a decrease in the peripheral zone enhancement. The nodule showed an enhancement defect in the postvascular phase. Contrast-enhanced CT also revealed homogeneous hyperenhancement in the peripheral zone and hypoenhancement in the central zone, which was considered to be a result of degeneration or hemorrhage. Both CEUS and CT showed multiple enlarged lymph nodes in the hepatic hilum. CT also showed multiple lymph node metastases in the neck. All these findings suggested that the mass was a secondary lesion. Biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of stage IV diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The patient was treated with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, pirarubicin, vincristine, and prednisolone and achieved unconfirmed complete remission after 6 cycles of treatment.

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  • Choonpa Igaku

    Choonpa Igaku 43 (1), 115-122, 2016

    The Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine

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