Utility of body computed tomography in the clinical follow-up of abdominal masses.
The value of follow-up body computed tomography was assessed in 101 patients with a known or suspected abdominal or pelvic mass. Computed tomography proved to be a useful noninvasive technique for evaluating progression, regression, or recurrence of such masses after therapeutic intervention. Computed tomography provided new or unique clinical information in 87% of these patients: it was not helpful in 2% due to technical difficulty and was misleading in 4%.
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed