SOLITARY MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA OF THE SMALL-INTESTINE - RADIOLOGICALAPPEARANCES

Authors
GOURTSOYIANNIS N BAYS D MISSAS S GALLIS P FILIPPIDES T
Citation
N. Gourtsoyiannis et al., SOLITARY MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA OF THE SMALL-INTESTINE - RADIOLOGICALAPPEARANCES, Abdominal imaging, 21(3), 1996, pp. 258-260
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Abdominal imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
09428925
Volume
21
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
258 - 260
Database
ISI
SICI code
0942-8925(1996)21:3<258:SMMOTS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is virtually unknown to feature as a solitary lesion. A patient presented with abdominal pain, weight loss , and melena and underwent enteroclysis, computed tomography, and supe rior mesenteric arteriography, Sharp angulation, narrowing, and mucosa l destruction in a jejunal segment, caused by an encapsulating infiltr ative mesenteric mass, were shown. The diagnosis of a malignant perito neal mesothelioma, localized to the small intestine, was made at histo logy.