RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 58101029
T1 Small Intestine Tumors, Malignant
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58101029
RD 2024/04/23
AB •  Often  symptomatic-Abdominal  pain  most  common  presenting  complaint•  Circumferential  luminal  growth  results  in  progressive  obstruction•  Bleeding  is  a  feature  of  ulcerated  tumors•  Besides  primary  neoplasms,  the  small  bowel  may  be  a  site  of  metastatic  disease•  Diagnosis  usually  radiographic  by  contrast  study  or  CT  scan•  Resection  indicated  for  cure  and  palliation