How to diagnose and differentiate metastatic small intestinal tumor

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Metastatic small intestinal tumor is a rare disease, which usually occurs in patients with advanced malignant tumor or extensive metastasis, especially from other gastrointestinal malignant tumors. Malignant tumors can invade the small intestine through hematogenous, lymphatic and intraperitoneal implantation, especially hematogenous and intraperitoneal implantation. The main manifestations are abdominal pain, diarrhea, bleeding and other symptoms. The primary focus of metastatic small intestinal tumor can come from cervical cancer, malignant melanoma and so on. Let's take a look at the following.

How to diagnose and differentiate metastatic small intestinal tumor

First: the diagnosis of metastatic small intestinal tumor can be made by inquiring about the patient's medical history, asking whether the patient has abdominal pain, diarrhea, bleeding, abdominal mass and other phenomena. The diagnosis can be made by understanding and recording the patient in detail and combining with the existing data. We should keep these knowledge in mind!

Second, if the cancer in other parts of the body has been transferred to the small intestine, it means that the primary tumor is in the advanced stage and cannot be removed. If the metastatic focus is single or limited, resection and anastomosis of diseased intestinal segment can be performed to keep the digestive tract unblocked and relieve obstruction, but it is palliative operation. If the lesion is extensive or the infiltration range is large, the shortcut operation or stoma operation can be performed.

Third: metastatic small intestinal tumor can be diagnosed by physical examination, such as blood routine examination, X-ray examination, B-ultrasound and CT. Blood routine examination can show anemia, ESR can be increased, stool occult blood can be positive. X-ray examination showed the gas-liquid plane through the abdominal fluoroscopy, and the shadow of soft tissue block could be seen on the abdominal plain film. B-ultrasound and CT are easy to find the size and location of the tumor.

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Metastatic small intestinal tumor is a rare disease, which usually occurs in patients with advanced malignant tumor or extensive metastasis, especially from other gastrointestinal malignant tumors. Malignant tumors can invade the small intestine through hematogenous, lymphatic and intraperitoneal implantation, especially hematogenous and intraperitoneal implantation.