title: Experience with the Artronix Torso-Cat-Scanner in the examination of the thorax, particularly the mediastinum: comparison with mediastinoscopy and operation.
abstract: In order to ascertain the diagnostic value of computed tomography (CT) of the thorax, the reports of the CT investigations of the thorax, carried out over a 2-year period, were compared with the actual final diagnosis. This study was narrowed down to those patients on whom a mediastinoscopy and/or an operation was performed. There appears to be a good correlation between the CT findings and the mediastinoscopy if no tumor or metastases are present in the mediastinum. This means that, where the CT scan shows a patient to have a normal mediastinum, it is not necessary to perform mediastinoscopy as a preoperative diagnostic aid.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008481:Mediastinoscopy; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*