The doughnut sign: An ultrasound finding in pediatric intestinal Burkitt's lymphoma

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 297-298

  Hasegawa, T ^a,b   Sumimura, J ^a   Mizutani, S ^a   Tazuke, Y ^a   Okuda, S ^a   Dezawa, T ^a  

^a Kinan General Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burkitt's lymphoma; Doughnut sign; Intestinal lymphoma; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHOTREXATE; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTESTINE LYMPHOMA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE MUSCLE; JEJUNUM; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031969980     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050323     Document Type: Article

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