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Objective: to determine the role of Multidetector computed tomography [MDCT] in diagnosis of small bowel neoplasms
Methods: from September 2010 till March 2013, small bowel neoplasms evaluated by MDCT in 17 patients [14 males and 3 females]
Results: The small bowel neoplasms found and included in this study were lymphoma [12 patients], malignant gastrointestinal stromal stromal tumor [GIST] [3 patients], primary duodenal adenocarcinoma [1 patient] and jejunal metastasis [1 patient]
Conclusion: MDCT can he used as a front-line imaging modality for detection of small bowel neoplasms, regarding its ability, to show intraluminal, mural and extraintestinal lesions with their characteristic density and features to successfully differentiate between the different neoplasms and stage them