CT-diagnosed mesenteric alterations in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a population-based study.

Background: Mesenteric alterations are associated with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), but the frequency and prognostic value of mesenteric alterations are unknown in patients with NHL.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively screened 120 patients that were treated for NHL between January 1996 and December 2001 for the presence of mesenteric alterations, defined on computed tomography (CT) scans as nodular or diffuse infiltration of the abdominal mesentery with increased density of mesenteric fat.

Results: 21 patients (17.

Dieulafoy's disease of the lung: a potential disaster for the bronchoscopist.

Dieulafoy's disease of the lung is very rare. We present 2 cases, which are, to our knowledge, the 9th and 10th cases reported in the literature. Haemoptysis is the leading symptom of Dieulafoy's lesion of the lung.

Brown tumor of the thyroid cartilage: CT findings.

Brown tumor of the larynx is extremely rare. We describe a patient with long-standing primary hyperparathyroidism and severe skeletal involvement associated with brown tumors of the axial and appendicular skeleton and of the thyroid cartilage. Ossification of the laryngeal skeleton may explain the presence of this process in this unusual location.