title: MRI of the small-bowel: how to differentiate primary neoplasms and mimickers.
abstract: MRI of the gastrointestinal tract is gaining clinical acceptance and is increasingly used to evaluate patients with suspected small-bowel diseases. MRI may be performed with enterography or enteroclysis, both of which combine the advantages of cross-sectional imaging with those of conventional enteroclysis. In this paper, MRI features of primary small-bowel neoplasms, the most important signs for differential diagnosis and the diseases that can be considered as mimickers of small-bowel neoplasms, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Radiology DEA Department, Umberto I Hospital, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. gabrielemasselli@libero.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Masselli
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Colaiacomo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marcelli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bertini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Casciani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laghi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: D'Amico
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caprasecca
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Polettini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gualdi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged