Open AccessExtravascular findings during upper limb computed tomographic angiography focusing on undiagnosed malignancy
Author(s) -
Romman Nourzaie,
Jeeban Paul Das,
Hiba Abbas,
Narayanan Thulasidasan,
Panos Gkoutzios,
Shahzad Ilyas,
L. Monzon,
Tarun Sabharwal,
Steven Moser,
Αθανάσιος Διαμαντόπουλος
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of radiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1949-8470
DOI - 10.4329/wjr.v11.i1.10
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , clinical significance , angiography , pelvis , malignancy , computed tomographic angiography , computed tomography angiography , head and neck , abdomen , upper limb , surgery , pathology
Computer tomography angiography (CTA) has been an established method for diagnostic vascular disease of lower limbs. Recently, the method is widely used for diagnosis of vascular pathologies in the upper limbs too. It also has increased the possibilities of this scans being reviewed by no specially trained radiologists. This increases the risk of incidental non vascular findings to be missed or misinterpreted. The study is focusing in the frequency of extravascular incidental finding (EVIF) and highlights the importance for both the reporting radiologist and the referring physician recognizing the frequency of EVIFs.