Double contrast-enhanced ultrasonography of a small intestinal neuroendocrine tumor: a case report of a recommendable imaging modality
| Autor: | Hua Zhuang, Ming-gang Su, Yu-ting Wu, Yuan Luo, Jie-Ying Zhao, Mo-li Xiong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Modality (human–computer interaction) medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Colonoscopy General Medicine Neuroendocrine tumors medicine.disease 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Tumor Medical imaging Medicine Contrast (vision) 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Radiology Ultrasonography business Mesentery media_common |
| Zdroj: | Precision Clinical Medicine. 3:147-152 |
| ISSN: | 2516-1571 2096-5303 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/pcmedi/pbaa011 |
| Popis: | A 57-year-old male presenting with spontaneously relieved abdominal cramp and distension was admitted to the West China Hospital. The diagnosis remained unclear after colonoscopy and computed tomography. Double contrast-enhanced ultrasonography was then performed and a neoplasm in the small intestine was suspected, supported by a thin-section computed tomography and positron emission tomography/computed tomography. This was confirmed pathologically after surgery to be a small intestinal G1 neuroendocrine tumor. Surgery was performed to remove approximately 25 cm of small bowel and a 3-cm solid mass located in the mesentery. The patient had a complete recovery and was tumor-free at the final follow-up. Small intestinal tumors including neuroendocrine tumors have always posed a diagnostic challenge. This case indicated that double contrast-enhanced ultrasonography is feasible in detection of small intestinal neuroendocrine tumors, and it may be an advisable approach assisting diagnosis of small intestinal tumors. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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