J Korean Radiol Soc.  2001 Sep;45(3):291-296.

Efficacy of Spiral CT in the Evaluation of Peritoneal Seeding of Gastric Cancer

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  • 1Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine and the Institute of Radiation Medicine, SNUMRC.

Abstract

PURPOSE: To determine usefulness of spiral CT in the preoperative evaluation of peritoneal seeding from a gastric carcinoma.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
From a database of 411 consecutive patients with surgically proven advanced gastric cancinoma obtained over a six-month period, 17 with peritoneal seeding and a control group of 24 without peritoneal seeding underwent spiral CT scanning with 7 -8 mm scan thickness and interval during the portal phase. Preoperative CT images were analyzed by two readers who reached a consensus with regard to the presence and location of the ascites, thickening of the parietal peritoneum, and changes in the omentum and mesentery.
RESULTS
Ascites was present in 47% (8/17) of patients with peritoneal seeding The right subhepatic space (n=6, 35%) and right paracolic gutter (n=5, 29%) but not the cul-de-sac (n=2, 12%)-were common sites of fluid collection. Permeative changes in the omentum and mesentery were seen in 18% (3/17) and 12% (2/17) of patients, respectively. Among five controls with false positive results, ascites in the cul-de-sac was present in three (two males and one female, 12%) while omental nodules and a thickened peritoneum were found in two (8%) and one (4%), respectively. In nine controls with false negative results, small disseminated nodules were seen in the mesentery and omentum at surgical field. The sensitivity and specificity of spiral CT were 47% (8/17) and 79% (19/24), respectively.
CONCLUSION
In terms of sensitivity and specificity, spiral CT is not especially accurate in distinguishing peritoneal seeding from gastric carcinoma.

Keyword

Stomach, neoplasms; Peritoneum, neoplasms; Computed tomography (CT)

MeSH Terms

Ascites
Consensus
Female
Humans
Male
Mesentery
Omentum
Peritoneum
Sensitivity and Specificity
Stomach Neoplasms*
Tomography, Spiral Computed*
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