Evaluation of chest computed tomography in the staging of patients with potentially resectable liver metastases from colorectal carcinoma

✍ Scribed by Ursula Kronawitter; Nancy E. Kemeny; Robert Heelan; Farid Fata; Yuman Fong

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 274 KB
• Volume: 86
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990715)86:2<229::aid-cncr6>3.0.co;2-c

✦ Synopsis

BACKGROUND.

Chest computed tomography (CT) often is used to rule out lung metastases in patients with potentially resectable liver metastases from colorectal carcinoma. In the current study the authors evaluated whether CT of the chest was necessary in patients with a negative chest radiograph.

METHODS.

The authors performed a retrospective analysis of 202 patients with negative initial chest X-rays who were undergoing evaluation for potentially resectable liver metastases from colorectal carcinoma. Patients with highly suspicious pulmonary lesions on the initial chest CT scan underwent a thoracoscopy and biopsy. All patients were monitored for the development of pulmonary metastases.