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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Other diagnostic studies for small intestine cancer include [[ultrasound]], | Other diagnostic studies for small intestine cancer include [[ultrasound]], capsule endoscopy, double balloon enteroscopy, and barium x-rays. | ||
==Other Imaging Findings== | ==Other Imaging Findings== | ||
*'''[[Ultrasound]]:''' Ultrasonography can diagnose and assess vascularity of larger lesions but the smaller tumors (<2 cm) may not be detected. Ultrasonography can diagnose and assess vascularity of larger lesions but the smaller tumours (<2 cm) may not be detected. | *'''[[Ultrasound]]:''' Ultrasonography can diagnose and assess vascularity of larger lesions but the smaller tumors (<2 cm) may not be detected. Ultrasonography can diagnose and assess vascularity of larger lesions but the smaller tumours (<2 cm) may not be detected. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [2]
Overview
Other diagnostic studies for small intestine cancer include ultrasound, capsule endoscopy, double balloon enteroscopy, and barium x-rays.
Other Imaging Findings
- Ultrasound: Ultrasonography can diagnose and assess vascularity of larger lesions but the smaller tumors (<2 cm) may not be detected. Ultrasonography can diagnose and assess vascularity of larger lesions but the smaller tumours (<2 cm) may not be detected.
- Capsule endoscopy: In this procedure, the patient is not detected with an actual endoscope but with a capsule (about the size of a large vitamin pill) which contains a light source and a very small camera. After swallowed, the capsule goes through the small intestine for a period of 8 hours. It takes thousands of pictures which can be downloaded onto a computer for the doctor to analyze.
- Double balloon enteroscopy and biopsy: This is a newer way of looking at the small intestine. At first the patient need to anesthesia. This technology makes the doctor to see the intestine a foot at a time and even take a biopsy if something abnormal.
- Barium x-rays: This is an x-ray test that a person is given a medication that will temporarily slow bowel movement, so structures can be more easily seen on the x-rays. For this test, the patient drinks a millkshake-like substance called barium. X-ray method called fluroscopy tracks how the barium moves through your esophagus, stomach, and small intestine. Pictures are taken in a variety of positions. It includes upper GI series, enteroclysis and a barium enema.