title: Pseudotumoral appearance of small bowel strictureplasty for Crohn's disease.
abstract: In two patients with Crohn's disease, strictureplasties had been marked operatively by a metal clip, so that definitive location on subsequent small bowel examination was possible. Each strictureplasty presented radiologically as a short annular constriction with apparently shouldered edges and parallel lumen. Similar radiological features were found in five other patients with strictureplasties, suggesting that a pseudotumoral appearance is characteristic of strictureplasty. Attention is drawn to this finding to avoid confusion with malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St. Mark's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Bartram
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography