title: [Current x-ray studies in the diagnosis of colorectal metastases to the liver].
abstract: Computed tomography was made in 90 patients to reveal the specific features of images of hepatic metastatic foci of colorectal cancer of various sites. All the patients were divided into three groups. Group 1 included patients with rectal cancer; Group 2 comprised patients with sigmoid cancer, and Group 3 consisted of those with transverse colon cancer. The study was performed in native, arterial, and venous, and delayed phases. The number of foci, their localization, sizes, and shape were analyzed. In addition, the density of a focus, its homogeneity, the presence of a cancer rim, inclusion of calcium salts, and outline sharpness were determined. Computed tomography revealed no substantial differences in the image of foci of hepatic metastases from rectal, sigmoid, and transverse colon cancers.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Neliubin
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Khovrin
mesh_terms: D044684:Colon, Transverse; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*