Tuberculosis versus non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas involving small bowel mesentery: Evaluation with contrast-enhanced computed tomography

Table 1 Anatomic distribution and enhancement patterns in mesenteric lymph nodes

	TL (n = 9)			TLM (n = 9)			NHL (n = 22)
	Margin of SBM	Body of SBM	Root of SBM	Margin of SBM	Body of SBM	Root of SBM	Margin of SBM	Body of SBM	Root of SBM
Homogeneous	0	2	3	0	5	5	5	20	18
Peripheral	1	2	6	0	0	4	0	0	0
Homogeneously mixed peripheral	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	2	4

TL: Tuberculous lymphadenopathy; TLM: Tuberculous lymphadenopathy accompanied with mesenteritis; NHL: Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Table 2 Distribution of TL, TLM and NHL in mesenteric lymph nodes

	TL (n = 9)			TLM (n = 9)			NHL (n = 22)
	Margin of SBM	Body of SBM	Root of SBM	Margin of SBM	Body of SBM	Root of SBM	Margin of SBM	Body of SBM	Root of SBM
Disperse	1	6	7	0	9	9	5	14	10
Confluence	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	8	12
Sandwich sign	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	12

TL: Tuberculous lymphadenopathy; TLM: Tuberculous lymphadenopathy accompanied with mesenteritis; NHL: Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.