title: Visual survey of cancer dissemination: classic patterns on helical CT of the neck and thorax.
abstract: Important sites of metastasis from intrathoracic and extrathoracic primary neoplasms are depicted on helical CT of the neck and thorax. This pictorial essay reviews several of these key sites of dissemination. For each, we illustrate the typical or classic appearance on helical CT and note the commonly associated primary malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 North Caroline Street, JHOC Room 3254, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Scatarige
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Corl
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Fishman
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods