Mesenteric Adenopathy in Patients with Prostate Cancer
Frequency and Etiology
Fergus V. Coakley1,2,
Rudolph Y. Lin1,
Lawrence H. Schwartz1 and
David M. Panicek1
1
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York
Ave., New York, NY 10021.
2
Present address: Department of Radiology, University of California, San
Francisco, Box 0628, M-372, 505 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA
94143-0628.

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Fig. 1. CT scan of 72-year-old man with recently diagnosed Gleason-6
prostate cancer and prostate-specific antigen level of 86.2 ng/L shows
enlarged mesenteric (arrow) and retroperitoneal nodes. Endobiliary
stent was placed because of obstructive periportal adenopathy. Pelvic
adenopathy was also present (not illustrated). Biopsy of pulmonary nodule
showed metastatic prostate cancer.
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Fig. 2. Ct scan of 56-year-old man with recently diagnosed Gleason-9
prostate cancer and prostate-specific antigen level of 11.0 ng/L reveals
enlarged mesenteric nodes (arrow). Mesenteric node biopsy showed
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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