[Computer tomography in the diagnosis of recurrence of rectal and colonic cancer].
Computed tomography as a non-invasive X-ray method offers new possibilities for detecting and diagnosing recurrences after colorectal cancer surgery. By CT-examination we found recurrences in 77 patients who had undergone rectal surgery and in 4 patients who had colonic carcinomata. Diagnosing the extent of recurrences exactly will help in taking the appropriate therapeutic decision (surgery, irradiation). CT examination becomes mandatory after suspecting a recurrence (clinical symptoms, CEA level increase).
D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D003082:Colectomy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen
Die Computertomographie in der Rezidivdiagnostik des Rektum- und Kodonkarzinoms.