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Figure 12.   Diffuse lymphocytic lymphoma in a 65-year-old woman. Contrast-enhanced helical CT scan shows a large, homogeneous mass enveloping the retroperitoneum and invading the right kidney. Note how flow is maintained in the renal arteries (straight arrows) and left renal vein (curved arrow) despite the massive tumor burden. These findings are characteristic of retroperitoneal lymphoma.