Christine Schmid-Tannwald1, Maximilian Ferdinand Reiser2, Christoph Johannes Zech2, Karin Anna Herrmann2
1ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, institute of clinical Radiology, munich, bavaria, Germany; 2Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Institute of clinical Radiology, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
MRE is a valuable tool in the detection and localization of primary carcinoid tumors, appropriate bowel distension provided. A number of characteristic morphologic imaging features can be established at MRE to characterize primary carcinoid tumors and their loco-regional metastases.