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Abstract
The newer anticancer therapies, the routine employment of cross-sectional imaging
modalities for staging and follow-up, and the increased survival rate of patients
with neoplastic lesions have markedly widened the range of pathological and imaging
features of secondary neoplasms. Moreover, the changes occurring in morphological
and structural aspects of metastases may be the direct effect of the improved therapeutic
tools, and in turn may offer revealing clues to the clinician regarding the outcome
of therapy itself. The scope of this essay is to show the atypical computed tomographic
(CT) aspects of a series of metastatic lesions. We selected the lesions on the basis
of their unusual structural features, such as calcification; hemorrhage; superinfection;
pseudocystic, cystic, and lipoid appearance; and hypervascularity. A highly detailed
assessment of such changes is nowadays possible and appears mandatory.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
April 26,
1994
Received:
March 1,
1994
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© 1995 Published by Elsevier Inc.
