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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Soujanya Thummathati, MBBS [2]
Overview
Chest x-ray, CT and MRI of chest, abdomen and pelvis may be performed to detect the local invasion and metastasis of linitis plastica to breast, lungs and liver.[1]
Other imaging findings
- Chest x-ray, CT and MRI of chest, abdomen and pelvis may be performed to detect the local invasion and metastasis of linitis plastica to breast, lungs and liver.[1]
- CT and MRI testing may be used in staging of the cancer.[1]
- Upper GI series may rarely be necessary, when there is a limitation for advancing the endoscope past a mechanical obstruction (for example, a concomitant tumor/stricture at the gastroesophageal junction).[1] Linitis plastica usually does not present as a mass but as a diffuse thickening of the stomach wall.
- Due to the increased rigidity of the wall, the stomach cannot be adequately distended, with only a narrow lumen identified. The normal mucosal fold pattern is absent, either distorted, thickened or nodular.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Stomach cancer. Canadian cancer society. http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/stomach/diagnosis/?region=nb Accessed on December 9, 2015
- ↑ Linitis plastica. Radiopedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/linitis-plastica Accessed on December 9, 2015.