title: Cavitating metastases of the small intestine.
abstract: Ten patients with small intestinal excavating metastatic lesions are described. Cavitation of a mass is a generally unrecognized appearance of metastatic disease to the small intestine and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of small bowel excavation.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011859:Radiography