Scirrhous metastases to the gastrointestinal tract at CT: the malignant target sign.
OBJECTIVE
Our objective was to study the presence of a characteristic appearance of metastatic disease to the gastrointestinal tract on contrast-enhanced CT in patients with known malignancies and to investigate its clinical implications.


CONCLUSIONS
Twenty-five patients with scirrhous metastases had a malignant CT target sign. Careful observation and correlation with clinical history are required to differentiate this unique sign from a benign target sign.
Gollub
Marc J
MJ
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave., Room C276F, New York, NY 10021, USA. gollubm@mskcc.org
Schwartz
Michael B
MB
Shia
Jinru
J
D002293:Adenocarcinoma, Scirrhous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012015:Reference Standards; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
D003287:Contrast Media