Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by Small Intestinal Metastasis Secondary to Esophageal Carcinoma

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Axial and coronal images of multidetector row CT scan. (a) The preoperative CT scan showed swollen para-aortic and mesenteric lymph nodes. These were diagnosed with lymphatic metastases from the primary esophageal carcinoma. (b, c) CT scans revealed a single occlusive point. The circumferential tumor let us take into consideration an esophageal cancer metastasis as a potential cause of the obstruction. The arrows show a thickened small intestine wall, thus showing the metastatic site.

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