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Computed tomography in liposarcoma
Author(s) -
Desantos Luis Alonso,
Ginaldi Sergio,
Wallace Sidney
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19810101)47:1<46::aid-cncr2820470110>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - medicine , liposarcoma , radiography , radiology , computed tomography , lesion , modality (human–computer interaction) , tomography , nuclear medicine , sarcoma , surgery , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Seventeen cases with proven liposarcoma were evaluated by computed tomography (CT) to assess the specificity and value of this radiographic modality. A specific diagnosis of liposarcoma could be made in only four cases (22%). Despite its relative nonspecificity, CT proved extremely useful in the clinical evaluation of this tumor and evidenced considerable superiority to other radiographic methods. In several cases, CT was the only radiographic modality to demonstrate the presence of the lesion. The use of CT gained additional important information in approximately 50% of the cases studied.