Yeungnam Univ J Med.  1986 Dec;3(1):67-72. 10.12701/yujm.1986.3.1.67.

A Clinical Use of CT Scan in Rectal Cancer

• Suh BY
• Chung YS
• Lee SJ
• Shim MC
• Kwun KB

• KMID: 2373866
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.1986.3.1.67

Abstract

Authors evaluated the accuracy of preoperative pelvic CT scan staging and its effects on management in 12 biopsy proved rectal cancer patients. Authors also studied postoperative CT in 5 patients to detect disease recurrence and metastasis. Preoperative CT staging was identical to surgical and/or pathological staging in 9 patients (75%), but it was underestimated in two cases and overestimated in one instance than in surgical stagings. In 7 cases, CT scan did not alter original choice of procedures. However, preoperative CT staging gave definitive informations to change management plans in 5 cases otherwise the treatment would be difficult and inadequate. Postoperative CT showed local recurrence in one and liver metastases in 2 cases. One of them was not detected at exploratory laparotomy.

MeSH Terms

Biopsy
Humans
Laparotomy
Liver
Neoplasm Metastasis
Rectal Neoplasms*
Recurrence
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*