A Clinical Use of CT Scan in Rectal Cancer.
10.12701/yujm.1986.3.1.67
- Author:
Bo Yang SUH
;
Yong Sik CHUNG
;
Su Jeung LEE
;
Min Chul SHIM
;
Koing Bo KWUN
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Humans;
Laparotomy;
Liver;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Rectal Neoplasms*;
Recurrence;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
- From:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
1986;3(1):67-72
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Authors evaluated the accuracy of preoperative pelvic CT scan staging and its effects on management in 12 biopsy proved rectal cancer patients. Authors also studied postoperative CT in 5 patients to detect disease recurrence and metastasis. Preoperative CT staging was identical to surgical and/or pathological staging in 9 patients (75%), but it was underestimated in two cases and overestimated in one instance than in surgical stagings. In 7 cases, CT scan did not alter original choice of procedures. However, preoperative CT staging gave definitive informations to change management plans in 5 cases otherwise the treatment would be difficult and inadequate. Postoperative CT showed local recurrence in one and liver metastases in 2 cases. One of them was not detected at exploratory laparotomy.
