title: Solitary malignant mesothelioma of the small intestine: radiological appearances.
abstract: Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is virtually unknown to feature as a solitary lesion. A patient presented with abdominal pain, weight loss, and melena and underwent enteroclysis, computed tomography, and superior mesenteric arteriography. Sharp angulation, narrowing, and mucosal destruction in a jejunal segment, caused by an encapsulating infiltrative mesenteric mass, were shown. The diagnosis of a malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, localized to the small intestine, was made at histology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Stavrakia 71110, Iraklion-Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gourtsoyiannis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bays
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Missas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gallis
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011029:Pneumoradiography / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed