Staging cecal and ascending colon carcinoma with computed tomography.
Operable subserosal and transserosal and inoperable cecal and ascending colon carcinomas can be differentiated by computed tomography (CT). Invasion of the posterior peritoneal reflection produces recognizable changes on CT, which, with or without adjacent muscle invasion, are indicative of tumor nonoperability.
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Department of Radiology, Tel-Aviv Medical Center Ichilov Hospital, Israel.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed