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Solitary malignant mesothelioma of the small intestine: radiological appearances
N Gourtsoyiannis1, D Bays, S Missas
1Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Stavrakia 71110, Iraklion-Crete, Greece.
Abdominal Imaging
|May 1, 1996
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 superior mesenteric arteriography. Sharp angulation, narrowing, and mucosal destruction in a jejunal segment, caused by an encapsulating infiltrative mesenteric mass, were shown. The diagnosis of a malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, localized to the small intestine, was made at histology.