CT features of metastatic linitis plastica to the rectum in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis
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1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
|February 5, 2000
Abstract
Objective:
We examined the CT features of 22 patients with metastatic linitis plastica to the rectum.
Conclusion:
Metastatic linitis plastica to the rectum should be considered when CT shows a long segment of circumferential rectal wall thickening, especially in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis from gastric cancer. In such patients, CT helps avoid unnecessary extensive surgery.