Computed tomography in the evaluation of carcinoma of the ovary
Autor: | J W Walsh, Jaime Tisnado, Marco A. Amendola, Dean R. Goplerud, Beatriz E. Amendola, Don J. Hall |
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Rok vydání: | 1981 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment Cystadenocarcinoma Ovary Computed tomography Tumor response Carcinoma medicine Neoplasm Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Ultrasonography Ovarian Neoplasms Chemotherapy medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.disease Abdominal mass Radiation therapy medicine.anatomical_structure Evaluation Studies as Topic Female Radiology medicine.symptom Neoplasm Recurrence Local business Tomography X-Ray Computed Follow-Up Studies |
Zdroj: | Journal of computer assisted tomography. 5(2) |
ISSN: | 0363-8715 |
Popis: | Over a 26 month period, 34 patients with histologically proven ovarian malignancy were studied by computed tomography (CT). In nine patients, CT was obtained for evaluation of a pelvic or abdominal mass. Computed tomography was diagnostic of ovarian malignancy in seven and indeterminate regarding the origin of the tumor in two patients. Ten patients were evaluated by CT in order to rule out recurrent ovarian neoplasm. Disease free intervals prior to CT ranged from 6 to 36 months with an average of 18 months. In eight surgically proven cases, CT was true positive for recurrent tumor in six patients, true negative in one, and false positive in one. In 20 patients, serial CT examinations were valuable in the objective assessment of measurable tumor response following chemotherapy and radiation therapy. A major limitation of CT was its inability to detect peritoneal and liver surface implants smaller than 2 cm in size. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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