Items tagged “metastases”

63 results found
Case

Lung metastases from renal cell carcinoma

  Diagnosis certain
Jeremy Jones
Published 19 Jun 2009
79% complete
X-ray
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Vertebral metastases

  Diagnosis probable
Frank Gaillard
Published 07 Jul 2009
39% complete
MRI
Article

Hepatic metastases

Hepatic metastases are 18-40 times more common than primary liver tumors 6. Ultrasound, CT, and MRI are helpful in detecting hepatic metastases and evaluation across multiple post-contrast CT series, or MRI pulse sequences are necessary.  Epidemiology The demographics of patients with liver me...
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Vertebral metastases - absent pedicle

  Diagnosis almost certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 16 Sep 2009
56% complete
CT X-ray
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Pulmonary metastases (colorectal carcinoma)

  Diagnosis almost certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 24 Oct 2009
59% complete
CT X-ray
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Skull metastases from thyroid malignancy

  Diagnosis probable
Paresh K Desai
Published 20 Nov 2009
68% complete
CT
Article

Pulmonary metastases

Pulmonary metastases refer to distant tumor spread from a variety of primary tumors to the lungs via the blood or lymphatics. This article primarily describes hematogenous pulmonary metastases while lymphangitic carcinomatosis is discussed separately. Epidemiology Lung metastases are common. ...
Article

Metastases to testis

Metastases to testis are a very rare cause of a testicular mass and may be bilateral in up to 15% of patients.  Epidemiology Metastases to the testes are apparent in ~0.04% of autopsy studies in patients with known malignancy. The average age is 57 years, much older than the primary age for pr...
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Melanoma metastases - widespread

  Diagnosis almost certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 20 Mar 2010
65% complete
CT
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Orbital metastasis from breast cancer

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 22 Apr 2010
87% complete
CT
Article

Orbital metastasis

Orbital metastases are relatively uncommon, but some primary tumors do have a predilection to metastasize to the orbit. This article concerns itself with extraocular metastases, rather than intraocular tumors or direct extension of tumors from neighboring regions. For a discussion of intraocula...
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Bladder cancer metastases

  Diagnosis almost certain
Natalie Yang
Published 26 May 2010
42% complete
CT
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Liver metastases - low density

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 31 Aug 2010
77% complete
CT
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Diffuse bone metastases - prostate cancer

  Diagnosis almost certain
Alexandra Stanislavsky
Published 15 Nov 2010
56% complete
CT X-ray Nuclear medicine
Article

Common calcifying metastases (mnemonic)

A simple mnemonic to recall a list of commonly calcifying metastases is: BOTOM Mnemonic B: breast cancer O: osteosarcoma T: papillary thyroid cancer O: ovarian cancer (especially mucinous) M: mucinous adenocarcinoma (especially colorectal carcinoma)
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Pericardial metastasis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Erik Ranschaert
Published 16 Dec 2010
77% complete
CT
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Cervical spine metastasis with vertebral artery encasement

  Diagnosis almost certain
Roberto Schubert
Published 17 Jul 2011
65% complete
MRI
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MRI after radiation therapy of lumbar spinal metastases

  Diagnosis certain
Roberto Schubert
Published 17 Jul 2011
89% complete
MRI
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Spinal metastases - spatial distribution

  Diagnosis not applicable
Roberto Schubert
Published 21 Aug 2011
41% complete
Diagram
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Skull metastases from breast cancer

  Diagnosis certain
Roberto Schubert
Published 22 Sep 2011
77% complete
CT

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