Bloodborne metastatic tumors to the gastrointestinal tract: CT findings with clinicopathologic correlation.
OBJECTIVE
In this essay, we illustrate the CT features of bloodborne metastases to the gastrointestinal tract from various malignancies with an emphasis on clinicopathologic correlation.


CONCLUSIONS
Familiarity with CT findings of bloodborne metastases to the gastrointestinal tract and an understanding of the disease spread pattern in common primary cancers will be helpful not only in detecting metastatic disease but also in minimizing the possibility of mistaking metastasis for another metachronous malignancy.
Kim
So Yeon
SY
Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-2 dong, Songpa-ku, Seoul, South Korea 138-736.
Kim
Kyoung Won
KW
Kim
Ah Young
AY
Ha
Hyun Kwon
HK
Kim
Jung-Sun
JS
Park
Seong Ho
SH
Kim
Jeong Kon
JK
Kim
Mi-Jung
MJ
Park
Sung Won
SW
Lee
Moon-Gyu
MG
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed