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Abdominal CT scan may be diagnostic of small intestine cancer. Findings on | Abdominal CT scan may be diagnostic of small intestine cancer. Findings on CT scan suggestive of small intestine cancer is intrinsic mass with a short segment of bowel wall thickening. | ||
==CT Scan== | ==CT Scan== | ||
CT is the modality of choice for staging of the disease by identifying primary tumor, assessing local, nodal and distant spread. | CT is the modality of choice for staging of the disease by identifying primary tumor, assessing local, nodal and distant spread. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [2]
Overview
Abdominal CT scan may be diagnostic of small intestine cancer. Findings on CT scan suggestive of small intestine cancer is intrinsic mass with a short segment of bowel wall thickening.
CT Scan
CT is the modality of choice for staging of the disease by identifying primary tumor, assessing local, nodal and distant spread.
Demonstration of lesions facilitated by negative contrast agents (water):
- Intrinsic mass with a short segment of bowel wall thickening.
- Invasion of retro peritoneal fat planes, pancreatic and biliary duct, vascular encasement, lymph nodal and distant metastases is common in later stages.