title: Imaging characteristics of metastatic disease to the chest.
abstract: The radiographic appearance of metastatic disease is classic, but nonspecific. The differentiating characteristics of radiographic patterns of metastatic disease are discussed in this article, as well as the relative advantages of different imaging modalities. Recommendations for radiologic evaluation are also presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Pugatch
mesh_terms: D001769:Blood; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008208:Lymphatic System; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed