title: Cystic lesions of the gastrointestinal tract: multimodality imaging with pathologic correlations.
abstract: The cystic lesions of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract demonstrate the various pathologic findings. Some lesions may present a diagnostic challenge because of non-specific imaging features; however, other lesions are easily diagnosed using characteristic radiologic features and anatomic locations. Cystic masses from the GI tract can be divided into several categories: congenital lesions, neoplastic lesions (cystic neoplasms, cystic degeneration of solid neoplasms), and other miscellaneous lesions. In this pictorial review, we describe the pathologic findings of various cystic lesions of the GI tract as well as the radiologic features of GI cystic lesions from several imaging modalities including a barium study, transabdominal ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul 152-703, Korea. jongmee.lee@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jongmee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Cheol Min
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kyeong Ah
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chang Hee
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jae Woong
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Bong Kyung
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Soon Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dongil
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Kee-Taek
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Jang
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media