Ultrasound features of primary intestinal lymphoma in children and their correlation with prognosis: A two-center experiment

Table 1 Comparison of baseline characteristics, pathological types, lactate dehydrogenase levels, complications, and treatment regimens between the focal segmental and extensive groups, n (%)

Somatotype	Focal segmental type (n = 15)	Extensive type (n = 13)
Sex
Boy	12 (80)	12 (92.3)
Girl	3 (20)	1 (7.7)
Age (year)	8.23	7.38
Case classification
Burkitt lymphoma	8 (53.3)	10 (76.9)
Other types of B-cell lymphoma	4 (26.7)	3 (23.1)
Other types of lymphoma	3 (20)	0 (0)
LDH
Increase	6 (40)	13 (100)
Normal	9 (60)	0 (0)
Median (IU/L)	300	935
Complication
Intussusception	8 (53.3)	2 (15.4)
Peritoneal dropsy	12 (92.3)	13 (100)
Therapeutic method
Surgery	5 (33.3)	0 (0)
Surgery + chemotherapy	4 (26.7)	2 (15.4)
Chemotherapy	6 (40)	11 (84.6)
Prognosis
Cured	12 (80)	4 (30.8)
Not cured/death	3 (20)	9 (69.2)

LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase.

Table 2 Correlation among ultrasound typing, characteristics, pathological types, lactate dehydrogenase levels, complications, treatment regimens and prognosis, n (%)

Somatotype	Prognosis		P value
	Cured (n = 16)	Not cured/death (n = 12)
Ultrasonic typing			0.009
Focal segmental type	12 (75)	3 (25)
Extensive type	4 (25)	9 (75)
Sex			0.436
Boy	13 (81.25)	11 (91.7)
Girl	3 (18.75)	1 (8.3)
Age (year)	7.65	7.38	0.634
Case classification			0.378
Burkitt lymphoma	10 (62.5)	8(66.7)
Other types of B-cell lymphoma	3 (18.78)	4(33.3)
Other types of lymphoma	3 (18.75)	0 (0)
LDH			0.002
Increase	7 (43.75)	12 (100)
Normal	9 (56.25)	0 (0)
Median (IU/L)	301	1127
Complications			0.397
Intussusception	3 (18.75)	0 (0)
Peritoneal dropsy	9 (56.25)	9 (75)
Intussusception + peritoneal dropsy	4 (25)	3 (25)
Therapy method			0.160
Surgery	4 (25)	1 (8.3)
Surgery + chemotherapy	4 (25)	2 (16.7)
Chemotherapy	8 (50)	9 (75)

LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase.