title: Magnetic resonance imaging of small bowel neoplasms.
abstract: Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is rapidly increasing clinical acceptance to evaluate the small bowel and can be the initial imaging method to investigate small bowel diseases. MR examinations may provide the first opportunity to detect and characterize tumours of the small bowel. Intra- and extraluminal MR findings, combined with contrast enhancement and functional information, help to make an accurate diagnosis and consequently characterize small bowel neoplasms. MR enteroclysis should be recommended for the initial investigation in patients suspected of having small bowel tumours. In this article, the MR findings of primary small bowel neoplasms are described and the MR findings for the differential diagnosis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Umberto I Hospital Sapienza University, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy. gabrielemasselli@libero.it
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Masselli
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Casciani
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Polettini
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laghi
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gualdi
mesh_terms: D053704:Capsule Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*