| Print Date: | June 19, 2013, 11:19 am |
| Title | Apple-Core Lesion (annular constricting lesion) |
| Text | Some cancers may infiltrate through the submucosa, and can spread circumferentially around the lumen of the bowel causing a focal area of narrowing. Adenocarcinoma of the colon may spread in this manner, creating an "apple-core" appearance on a barium enema. Lymphoma may also spread by infiltrating through the bowel wall.
NOTE: The other major pattern of cancer growth is a fungating mass that protudes into the lumen and presents as a filling defect or polyp. http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~dirt/museum/756-3212.html http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic182.htm http://www.radquiz.com/GI-Teaching.htm |
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| Contributor | James G. Smirniotopoulos, M.D. (Uniformed Services University) |
| Peer Reviewer | James G. Smirniotopoulos, M.D. (Uniformed Services University) |
| Record Number | : 1053 |
| Created | 2000-10-29 11:05:32-05 |
| Modified | 2004-06-10 17:11:37-04 |
| Category: | Neoplasm, carcinoma |
| Location: | Gastrointestinal |
| Sublocation: | Colon |
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