title: Serous carcinoma of the ovary: value of computed tomography in detection of calcified pleural and pulmonary metastatic implants.
abstract: Reported are three cases of serous papillary cystoadenocarcinoma of the ovary with pleural and pulmonary calcified metastatic implants detected by computed tomography (CT), but not by chest X-ray. CT patterns of metastatic calcifications were considered because of the unexpected frequency of this finding (15.7%) and in view of a possible clinical use of CT in monitoring extraabdominal disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: La Fianza
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Babilonti
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Bolis
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dore
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Legnani
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Di Maggio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003536:Cystadenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed