title: Perforated tumours in the gastrointestinal tract: CT findings and clinical implications.
abstract: Perforation usually requires emergency surgery and may affect the prognosis of patients with gastrointestinal tumours. Accurate pre-operative diagnosis of these conditions is important because proper management such as curative surgical treatment may be needed. The aims of this article are to illustrate CT appearances of perforated tumours of the gastrointestinal tract and to discuss their impact on clinical management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Republic of Korea. rad2000@hanmail.net
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013275:Stomach Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed