title: [CT in the follow-up of rectal neoplasms].
abstract: CT-scans were performed in the follow-up of 124 patients surgically treated for rectal carcinoma. CT allowed direct visualization of possible local recurrences and infiltration of neighbouring structures chiefly muscles and bones; it can also prove post surgical abscesses, metastatic spreads to lymph nodes and other structures such as liver, lung and bones; many of these lesions cannot so quickly and safely be demonstrated by other investigations. CT is also very helpful in radiation therapy planning. A CT guided percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsy can discriminate post surgical fibrosis from initial recurrences.
authors.affiliation: Servizio Radiodiagnostica, Ospedale Maggiore, Novara.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Malinverni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uffredi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Franchini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sessa
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Marzoratti
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: La T.C. nel follow-up delle neoplasie del retto.