The sonographic appearances of small bowel tumours.
Twenty-seven cases of small bowel tumour confirmed surgically and pathologically have been studied. The sonographic appearances are described as well as a method of ultrasound detection following water ingestion. Tumours were classified into: (i) intraluminal tumours (duodenal adenocarcinoma n = 5; distal ileal lipoma with intussusception, n = 1; (ii) intramural tumours (proximal jejunal adenocarcinoma, n = 2; jejuno-ileal lymphoma, n = 5; (iii) extraluminal tumours (duodenal leiomyosarcoma, n = 2; neurilemmoma, n = 1; jejuno-ileal leiomyoma, n = 4; leiomyosarcoma, n = 6; subserosal lymphangioma, n = 1). Observing the lesion intermittently over a period of 1 h after water ingestion improves the localization of tumours within the small bowel.
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Department of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Beijing Institute for Cancer Research, People's Republic of China.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography