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Mesenteric lymphoma commonly presents with abdominal pain and presence of a palpable abdominal mass (1). Advanced stage disease presents with systemic symptoms including fever, night sweats and weight loss and may rarely result in complications such as intestinal obstruction, perforation and hemorrhage. Mesenteric lymphoma may also present with hepatosplenomegaly. Thus, evaluation of the size and consistency of the liver and spleen should be evaluated along with the presence of peripheral lymph nodes in staging of the disease (2).
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Papazian, E., Keskey, R.C., Alverdy, J.C. (2021). Mesenteric Lymphoma. In: Ehrenpreis, E.D., Alverdy, J.C., Wexner, S.D. (eds) The Mesenteric Organ in Health and Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71963-0_33
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