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Scirrhous metastases to the gastrointestinal tract at CT: the malignant target sign
Marc J Gollub1, Michael B Schwartz, Jinru Shia
1Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave., Room C276F, New York, NY 10021, USA. gollubm@mskcc.org
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.
Conclusion:
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.
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