Bonekamp D, Raman SP, Horton KM, Fishman EK. Role of computed tomography angiography in detection and staging of small bowel carcinoid tumors. World J Radiol 2015; 7(9): 220-235 [PMID: 26435774 DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v7.i9.220]
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Elliot K Fishman, MD, Professor, the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 N. Caroline Street, JHOC 3140C, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States. efishman@jhmi.edu
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
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Diagnostic Advances
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World J Radiol. Sep 28, 2015; 7(9): 220-235 Published online Sep 28, 2015. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v7.i9.220
Role of computed tomography angiography in detection and staging of small bowel carcinoid tumors
David Bonekamp, Siva P Raman, Karen M Horton, Elliot K Fishman
David Bonekamp, Siva P Raman, Karen M Horton, Elliot K Fishman, the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States
Author contributions: Bonekamp D and Fishman EK made the conception of study; Fishman EK acquired the data; Bonekamp D drafted up the manuscript; all the authors analyzed the imaging studies, revised the paper and made the final approval.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the author have no conflict of interest.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Elliot K Fishman, MD, Professor, the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 N. Caroline Street, JHOC 3140C, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States. efishman@jhmi.edu
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Received: May 4, 2015 Peer-review started: May 5, 2015 First decision: June 3, 2015 Revised: June 18, 2015 Accepted: August 4, 2015 Article in press: August 7, 2015 Published online: September 28, 2015 Processing time: 162 Days and 15.5 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Small-bowel carcinoid tumors are neuroendocrine tumors and represent most common form of gastrointestinal carcinoids. Although primary small bowel neoplasms are overall rare, carcinoids still represent the second most common primary small-bowel malignancy. State-of-the-art high-resolution multiphasic computed tomography with advanced postprocessing methods provides an excellent tool to overcome the challenges of their depiction. Here, we discuss their imaging appearance, focusing on the primary tumor, locoregional mesenteric nodal metastases, and distant metastatic disease. Guidance for imaging protocol selection is given. Imaging findings are illustrated with a series of challenging cases which illustrate the spectrum of disease. Typical imaging pitfalls and pearls are illustrated.
