title: Computed tomography of pulmonary metastases.
abstract: CT was performed in 299 patients with possible pulmonary metastases. Metastases were found in 74 and at CT lesions were demonstrated in all of them. CT was the most sensitive non-invasive examination, demonstrating metastases in 2 patients considered normal at standard chest radiography and bilateral disease in 4 patients thought to have unilateral disease at standard examination. More nodules were resected at thoracotomy than were shown by CT. These extra nodules were small (less than 6 mm) and the majority represented non-metastatic fibrous lesions.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed