Imaging Bowel Obstruction: A Comparison Between Fast Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Helical Computed Tomography

Beall, Douglas P.; Fortman, Brian J.; Lawler, B.C.; Regan, Fintan

doi:10.1053/crad.2001.0735

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“…Survival for most cancers diagnosed during 1971 -1990 has improved steadily (Coleman et al, 1999). This can be attributed to improvement in general cancer care, including improvement in imaging techniques (Ullerich et al, 2001;Beal et al, 2002;de Mascarenhas-Saraiva and da Silva Araùjo Lopes, 2003). Increased use of faecal occult blood tests and increased awareness of symptoms may also have contributed to earlier diagnosis.…”

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Survival trends for small intestinal cancer in England and Wales, 1971–1990: national population-based study

Pashayan¹,

Lepage

Rachet

et al. 2006

Br J Cancer

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This population-based study examines prognostic factors and survival trends among adults (15 -99 years) diagnosed with small intestinal cancer in England and Wales during 1971 -1990 and followed up to 1995. During this period, the 1-and 5-year agestandardised relative survival rates for small intestinal cancers combined were 42% and 23%, respectively. Duodenal tumours, adenocarcinomas, men, patients with advanced age and the most deprived patients had the poorest prognosis. For all small bowel tumours combined, the excess risk of death fell significantly by 6 -9% every 4 years over the 20-year period (adjusted excess hazard ratio (EHR) 0.91 at 1 year after diagnosis, 0.94 at 5 years). For duodenal tumours, the EHR fell by about 14% (95% CI 5 -22%) every 4 years between 1979 and 1990, and a similar trend for jejunal tumours was of borderline significance. Further population-based investigations linking survival data to individual data on diagnostic methods and types of treatment are needed.

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Survival trends for small intestinal cancer in England and Wales, 1971–1990: national population-based study

Pashayan¹,

Lepage

Rachet

et al. 2006

Br J Cancer

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“…The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of MRI is higher that CT (Table 1). 12,13 Small bowel intussusception in adults can be caused by a variety of benign causes. Hence the final diagnosis can only be reached by a diagnostic laparoscopy or an open laparotomy followed by histopathological and immune histochemical studies of the specimen.…”

Section: Diagnosis and Treatmentmentioning

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“…14,15 In cases of exclusive small bowel intussusceptions, intraoperative reduction may be attempted. 13 The advantage of reduction is that the length of the bowel to be resected is reduced. 15,16 However in cases of ileocolic or a colocolic intussusceptions, as the risk of a malignant lesion looms high it is preferable to do en bloc resection of the unreduced specimen based on oncological principles.…”

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Inflammatory fibroid polyp (Vanek's tumour) of the bowel

Vagholkar

2016

Int J Res Med Sci

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“…MR imaging has a sensitivity that is similar to CT in assessing bowel obstruction 29,30 and ischemia 31,32 . In addition, MRI is comparable to CT in infectious/inflammatory conditions such as appendicitis and diverticulitis 20,33,34 .…”

Section: Magnetic Resonance Imagingmentioning

confidence: 99%