PROBLEM IN DIAGNOSTIC-IMAGING

Authors
DUBOWITZ DJ
Citation
Dj. Dubowitz, PROBLEM IN DIAGNOSTIC-IMAGING, Clinical anatomy, 10(4), 1997, pp. 279-282
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Anatomy & Morphology
Journal title
Clinical anatomy → ACNP
ISSN journal
08973806
Volume
10
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
279 - 282
Database
ISI
SICI code
0897-3806(1997)10:4<279:PID>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The staging of malignant disease for metastatic spread requires a soun d understanding of the normal anatomy and possible anatomical variants as well as the expected pathology. This article illustrates this in t he case of a young man with seminoma of the testis undergoing CT imagi ng to assess for para-aortic metastatic spread. A potential pitfall th at may mislead the unwary is demonstrated. (C) 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.