Lymphoma - sandwich sign

Case contributed by Mohamed Hossam Shebl
Diagnosis certain

Patient Data

Gender: Male
ct

Patient with lymphoma demonstrates enormous mesenteric lymph node enlargement, on either side of the mesenteric vessels, known as the hamburger sign or sandwich sign. 

Case Discussion

hamburger sign (sometimes known as a sandwich sign) refers to a mesenteric para-aortic nodal mass giving an appearance of a hamburger. 

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