Bloodborne metastatic tumors to the gastrointestinal tract: CT findings with clinicopathologic correlation
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Gene Regulation and Targeted Therapy in Gastric Cancer Peritoneal Metastasis: Radiological Findings from Dual Energy CT and PET/CT
Published on: January 22, 2018
So Yeon Kim1, Kyoung Won Kim, Ah Young Kim
1Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-2 dong, Songpa-ku, Seoul, South Korea 138-736.
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.
Conclusion:
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.
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