Korean Journal of Radiology  2010;11(4):457-468

doi:10.3348/kjr.2010.11.4.457

Cystic Lesions of the Gastrointestinal Tract: Multimodality Imaging with Pathologic Correlations.

Jongmee LEE 1 ; Cheol Min PARK ; Kyeong Ah KIM ; Chang Hee LEE ; Jae Woong CHOI ; Bong Kyung SHIN ; Soon Jin LEE ; Dongil CHOI ; Kee Taek JANG

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Keywords

Cystic lesions; Gastrointestinal tract; Barium study; Ultrasound (US); Computed tomography (CT); Magnetic resonance (MR)

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

The cystic lesions of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract demonstrate the various pathologic findings. Some lesions may present a diagnostic challenge because of non-specific imaging features; however, other lesions are easily diagnosed using characteristic radiologic features and anatomic locations. Cystic masses from the GI tract can be divided into several categories: congenital lesions, neoplastic lesions (cystic neoplasms, cystic degeneration of solid neoplasms), and other miscellaneous lesions. In this pictorial review, we describe the pathologic findings of various cystic lesions of the GI tract as well as the radiologic features of GI cystic lesions from several imaging modalities including a barium study, transabdominal ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.