A review of pneumatosis intestinalis in the setting of systemic cancer treatments, including tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 312-317

  Vijayakanthan, Niranjan ^a   Dhamanaskar, Kavita ^b   Stewart, Lori ^b   Connolly, Jodie ^c   Leber, Brian ^b,d   Walker, Irwin ^b,d   Trus, Michael ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Pneumatosis intestinalis; Review; Tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; IMATINIB; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; SUNITINIB; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84867890920     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 14882361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carj.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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