title: [Radiological staging of metastases of urologic tumors].
abstract: The present contribution considers the diagnostic possibilities of radiological imaging procedures in the evaluation of the lymphatic and bloodborne metastases in urological tumors. As regards the evaluation of the lymph node chains the presently available imaging modalities are discussed. For each of them, diagnostic accuracy and the percentage of false positive and false negative readings are presented. For the evaluation of the bloodborne metastases, the available imaging procedures for each organ and site are reported and a diagnostic flow chart is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Radiodiagnostica E, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Musumeci
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Balzarini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ceglia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petrillo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Reyner
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Tesoro Tess
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014567:Urography; D014571:Urologic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
vernacular_title: La stadiazione radiologica delle metastasi dei tumori urologici.