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[Computerized tomography findings in rare malignant processes of the thorax]
J Görich1, H Schmitteckert, S A Beyer-Enke
1Institut für Radiologie und Pathophysiologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg.
Rontgen-Blatter; Zeitschrift Fur Rontgen-Technik Und Medizinisch-Wissenschaftliche Photographie
|February 1, 1990
Abstract:
The CT findings in 21 patients with rare malignant space-occupying growths in the thorax were evaluated retrospectively under morphological aspects. The possibility of rare malignant thoracic space-occupying growths should be considered mainly 1) in patients who are either very young or of very old age, 2) if risk factors are absent, especially abuse of nicotine, 3) if there are large inhomogeneous growths, possibly with calcareous areas or necrotic zones and sharp marginal delineation in the node status, 4) if the tumour localisation is atypical of bronchial carcinoma.