Value of multi slice spiral computed tomography in diagnosing lymph node metastasis of gastric cancer / 中国医学科学院学报
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
;
(6): 659-662, 2010.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-341480
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the value of multi-slice spiral computed tomography (CT) in the preoperative evaluation of lymph node metastasis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Totally 45 patients with gastric cancer detected by 64-slice spiral CT were enrolled in this study. The potential lymph node metastasis was evaluated by measuring or calculating the long diameter, extent of enhancement, and short-to-long diameter ratio of the lymph nodes. The results were compared with postoperative pathological findings.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>A long diameter ≥ 8mm,enhanced density ≥ 80Hu, and short-to-long diameter ratio ≥ 0.7 had the best consistency with postoperative pathological findings.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>As a simple and noninvasive technique, multi-slice spiral CT is helpful to identify potential lymph node metastasis of gastric cancer based on long diameter, extent of enhancement, and short-to-long diameter ratio of the lymph nodes, and thus provide important information for surgery selection, prognosis, and development of new procedures.</p>
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Main subject:
Pathology
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Stomach Neoplasms
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Diagnostic Imaging
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Tomography, Spiral Computed
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Lymph Nodes
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Lymphatic Metastasis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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