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CT features of metastatic linitis plastica to the rectum in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis.
AJR Am J Roentgenol
; 174(2): 463-6, 2000 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10658725
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.
