Cross-sectional imaging of small bowel malignancies

Dellano D Fernandes; Ram Prakash Galwa; Najla Fasih; Margaret Fraser-Hill

doi:10.1016/j.carj.2010.10.001

Cross-sectional imaging of small bowel malignancies

Can Assoc Radiol J. 2012 Aug;63(3):215-21. doi: 10.1016/j.carj.2010.10.001. Epub 2011 Aug 27.

Authors

Dellano D Fernandes¹, Ram Prakash Galwa, Najla Fasih, Margaret Fraser-Hill

Affiliation

¹ Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 21873023
DOI: 10.1016/j.carj.2010.10.001

Abstract

Small bowel malignancies are rare neoplasms, usually inaccessible to conventional endoscopy but detectable in many cases by cross-sectional imaging. Modern multidetector computed tomographies permit accurate diagnosis, complete pretreatment staging, and follow-up of these lesions. In this review, we describe the cross-sectional imaging features of the most frequent histologic subtypes of the small bowel malignancies.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging
Adenocarcinoma / pathology
Carcinoid Tumor / diagnostic imaging
Carcinoid Tumor / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / diagnostic imaging
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / pathology
Humans
Intestinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Intestinal Neoplasms / pathology
Intestine, Small*
Lymphoma / diagnostic imaging
Lymphoma / pathology
Neoplasm Metastasis / diagnostic imaging
Neoplasm Metastasis / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*