Malignant small-bowel neoplasms: spectrum of disease on MR imaging.
Malignant neoplasms of the small bowel are among the rarest types of cancer, accounting for only 2% of all gastrointestinal neoplasms. Owing both to the intrinsic difficulty of common radiographic and endoscopic methods in visualising the entire small bowel and the lack of typical physical findings, a delay in diagnosis is common. Recently, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has become a widely accepted imaging modality in the study of suspected small-bowel neoplasms due to its ability to depict, without exposure to ionising radiation and with excellent soft-tissue contrast, intraluminal disorders in conjunction with mural, extraparietal and regional abnormalities. The aim of this pictorial review is to illustrate the MR appearance of malignant small-bowel neoplasms.
Crusco
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Department of Radiology, AUSL 3 Umbria - S.G. Battista Hospital, Foligno, Perugia, Italy. fcrusco@gmail.com
Pugliese
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Maselli
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A
Pelliccia
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G
Mariani
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E
Farroni
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Giovagnoni
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A
D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*
D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA