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Preoperative CT staging of colon carcinoma (excluding the recto-sigmoid region)
- Source :
- European journal of radiology. 11(2)
- Publication Year :
- 1990
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Abstract
- Twenty-eight patients with colon carcinoma (excluding the recto-sigmoid region) underwent preoperative staging with computed tomography (CT). The CT had a sensitivity and a specificity of 60 and 67% for detection of extramural invasion, 75% sensitivity and specificity for lymph node metastases and a sensitivity of 87% and specificity of 95% for liver metastases. Compared with the modified Dukes classification, CT correctly staged 50% of the patients with Dukes A lesions; 40% with Dukes B; 75% with Dukes C and 85% with Dukes D lesions. The data presented in this study showed that CT has limitations in the sensitivity and accuracy of staging local colonic carcinoma. However, we recommend its use for patients who are clinically suspected of having extensive disease.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
education
Computed tomography
Sensitivity and Specificity
Colon carcinoma
Predictive Value of Tests
Preoperative Care
Carcinoma
Medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Prospective Studies
Lymph node
Dukes' Classification
health care economics and organizations
Neoplasm Staging
Epithelioma
medicine.diagnostic_test
Extensive Disease
business.industry
Liver Neoplasms
General Medicine
medicine.disease
humanities
medicine.anatomical_structure
Lymphatic Metastasis
Colonic Neoplasms
Colon neoplasm
Radiology
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0720048X
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European journal of radiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b0676a791797b48a89ea5c5224852d72