Upper abdominal computerized tomography scanning in staging non‐small cell lung carcinoma

During preoperative staging the authors performed upper abdominal computed tomographic (CT) scanning in 38 patients with non‐small cell lung carcinoma. Five of the 38 patients had occult adrenal metastases based on CT images. Two of these five patients, who would otherwise have been surgical candida...

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Published in:Cancer 1984-10, Vol.54 (8), p.1541-1543
Main Authors: Chapman, Geoffrey S., Kumar, Dharmendra, Iii, John Redmond, Munderloh, Stephen H., Gandara, David R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma - diagnostic imaging
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - secondary
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy, Needle
Carcinoma - diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Bronchogenic - diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - diagnostic imaging
Female
Humans
Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Metastasis
Pneumology
Radiography, Abdominal
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum
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Summary:During preoperative staging the authors performed upper abdominal computed tomographic (CT) scanning in 38 patients with non‐small cell lung carcinoma. Five of the 38 patients had occult adrenal metastases based on CT images. Two of these five patients, who would otherwise have been surgical candidates for definitive thoracotomy, underwent percutaneous fine‐needle aspiration cytology of the suspected adrenal metastases. Cytology results in both cases were positive for metastatic carcinoma, thereby precluding thoracotomy. Upper abdominal CT scanning may optimize preoperative staging of selected non‐small cell lung cancer patients.
ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/1097-0142(19841015)54:8<1541::AID-CNCR2820540812>3.0.CO;2-N