CT of Metastases

ISBN-13: 9783540650973 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 100 str.

F. Ferrozzi; Francesco Ferrozzi; Giacomo Garlaschi

Opis

Modern therapeutic strategies in the last decade have radically changed the approach to the oncologic patient with metastatic disease. Metastases are managed more aggressively and addressed in a multidisciplinary way. This text considers those changes in diagnosis and treatment.

Spis treści

Pathogenesis of the metastastatic process; Modalities of metastatic diffusion: lymphatic diffusion, lymphangitic infiltration, hematogenous diffusion, neoplastic seeding, perineurial diffusion, neoplastic seeding, perineurial diffusion, neoplastic thrombosis, lepidic diffusion; Structural features of metastases: Calcified metastases, pseudocystic metastases, cavitation of metastases, cystic metastases, hemorrhagic mestastases, lipoid metastases, infected metastases; Anatomical sites of metastatic colonization: Classical locations, rare sites of metastases; Bizarre metastases; Differential diagnosis tables

O autorze

The scope of this text is to analyze the polymorphous aspects of metastases at CT, drawing particular attention to their modalities of spread, structural features, and less usual localizations.

Blurb

Modern therapies have radically changed the approach to the patient with metastases, creating new challenges for the radiologist. Beyond the early diagnosis of cancer, there is a new attention toward early diagnosis of recurrence. Accurate assessment of disease extent and its morphostructural features (calcification, cavitation, hemorrhage, infection) have become crucial in the evaluation of the response to treatment. Cross-sectional imaging is exquisitely suited for this task. The publication provides the practicing radiologist with a systematic and analytical tool to address the polymorphous aspects of metastases on CT, with a prarticular emphasis on their modalities of diffusion, structure and more or less usual localizations.