title: Computerized tomography in metastatic evaluation.
abstract: A case is presented in which a radionuclide liver-spleen scan suggested multiple space-occupying lesions compatible with multiple metastases. Computed axial tomography, however, demonstrated more generalized hypodensity without focal defects, and liver biopsy confirmed the presence of fatty infiltration and cirrhosis. The sensitivity and specificity of liver spleen scans and computed axial tomography scans compared to liver biopsy are reviewed. In the evaluation of hepatic metastases, computed axial tomography scanning should be the diagnostic imaging procedure of choice.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed