[Tumors of the rectum: MRI and CT features]

P Rousset; C Hoeffel

doi:10.1016/s0221-0363(07)74046-5

[Tumors of the rectum: MRI and CT features]

J Radiol. 2007 Nov;88(11 Pt 1):1679-87. doi: 10.1016/s0221-0363(07)74046-5.

[Article in French]

Authors

P Rousset¹, C Hoeffel

Affiliation

¹ Service de radiologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75 012 Paris. [email protected]

PMID: 18065927
DOI: 10.1016/s0221-0363(07)74046-5

Abstract

The imaging features of rectal tumors on CT and MRI are reviewed. MRI is the imaging modality of choice for loco-regional staging, and may provide clues as to the histological nature of some tumors.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Review

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
Adenoma, Villous / diagnosis*
Adenoma, Villous / diagnostic imaging*
Adult
Anus Neoplasms / diagnosis
Anus Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Carcinoid Tumor / diagnosis
Carcinoid Tumor / diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / diagnosis
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / diagnostic imaging
Hemangioma, Cavernous / diagnosis
Hemangioma, Cavernous / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Leiomyoma / diagnosis
Leiomyoma / diagnostic imaging
Lymphoma / diagnosis
Lymphoma / diagnostic imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Melanoma / diagnosis
Melanoma / diagnostic imaging
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Rectal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Rectal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Rectal Neoplasms / pathology
Rectal Neoplasms / secondary
Rectum / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*