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Figure 7 | Cancer Imaging

Figure 7

From: Imaging acute complications in cancer patients: what should be evaluated in the emergency setting?

Figure 7

A 29-year-old man Intestinal obstruction caused by intussusception. Patient with metastatic melanoma evolving into a clinical picture of intestinal obstruction. Computed tomographic images obtained after oral and intravenous iodinated contrast show intussusception with distention of the upstream small bowel loops. (A) Axial and (B) sagittal images showing the proximal portion of intussusception and invagination of the mesenteric adipose tissue toward its interior (arrows). (C) Axial and (D) sagittal images showing the distal portion of intussusception with parietal thickening of the invaginated small intestinal loops (arrows), which was confirmed as a melanoma metastasis after surgical resection.

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