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Published in: Abdominal Radiology 12/2018

01-12-2018 | Classics in Abdominal Radiology

The small bowel “aneurysm”

Authors: Sergey Leshchinskiy, Naiim Ali, Robert D’Agostino

Published in: Abdominal Radiology | Issue 12/2018

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Aneurysmal dilatation of the small bowel is a characteristic appearance seen in the setting of infiltrative malignancy, typically lymphoma. Loss of bowel tone occurs due to penetration of the muscularis propria as well as destruction of the autonomic nerve plexus [1]. It was first described in 1969 by Cupps et al., who noted the aneurysmal pattern in 35% of small bowel lymphoma cases on fluoroscopic barium studies [2]. …
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Metadata
Title
The small bowel “aneurysm”
Authors
Sergey Leshchinskiy
Naiim Ali
Robert D’Agostino
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Abdominal Radiology / Issue 12/2018
Print ISSN: 2366-004X
Electronic ISSN: 2366-0058
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-018-1605-1

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