Multidetector row CT of small bowel tumours

Ramachandran, I.; Sinha, R.; Rajesh, A.; Verma, R.; Maglinte, D.D.T.

doi:10.1016/j.crad.2007.01.010

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Volume 62, Issue 7 , Pages 607-614, July 2007

Multidetector row CT of small bowel tumours

I. Ramachandran
- Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
R. Sinha
- Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
A. Rajesh
- Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
- Guarantor and correspondent: A. Rajesh, Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE54PW, UK. Tel.: +44 116 2584528; fax: +44 116 2584525.
R. Verma
- Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
D.D.T. Maglinte
- Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Received 21 August 2006; received in revised form 15 January 2007; accepted 24 January 2007.

Computed tomography is being increasingly used for the evaluation of patients with vague abdominal symptoms, and may provide the initial opportunity to detect and characterize tumours of the small bowel. The recognition of imaging features on CT allows distinction to be made between benign and malignant neoplasms. Multidetector row CT (MDCT) provides high-resolution imaging and helps in precise localization and characterization of lesions. This article illustrates the imaging appearances of small bowel tumours on MDCT and demonstrates the usefulness of multiplanar reformatting (MPR) in the diagnosis and categorization of these tumours.