Diagnostic value of transverse axial tomoscintigraphy for the detection of hepatic metastases: Results on 53 examinations and comparison with other diagnostic techniques.

Autor: Berche, C., Aubry, F., Langlais, C., Vitaux, J., Parmentier, Cl., Paola, R.
Zdroj: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine; Oct1981, Vol. 6 Issue 10, p435-452, 18p
Abstrakt: We present the results obtained from 53 hepatic tomoscintigrams (48 patients) that principally correspond to primary gastrointestinal cancers with possible hepatic metastases. We have tested this technique and extracted the most significant images from this relatively small number of patients. We have also developed a new diagnostic evaluation technique to compare tomoscintigraphy with other techniques: surgery, echography, scintigraphy, biological hepatic tests (GOT, GPT, G-GT, alkaline phosphatase), and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). According to our results, hepatic tomoscintigraphy is among the most efficient diagnostic techniques for the detection of hepatic metastases: it is at least equivalent to surgery and superior to the other techniques studied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index