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CA Cancer J Clin 1986; 36:48-58
doi: 10.3322/canjclin.36.1.48
© 1986 American Cancer Society
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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 36, 48-58, Copyright © 1986 by American Cancer Society

Imaging of Occult Pulmonary Metastases: State of the Art

Linda J. Wellner M.D.1 and Charles E. Putman M.D.2

1 Chief Resident in the Department of Radiology of Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.
2 Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Vice Provost, Professor of Radiology, and Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.

We have attempted to clarify the role of computed tomography in the detection of occult metastases and show why it is currently the best method of evaluating the thorax in patients with a known extrapulmonary primary tumor. Further improvements in specificity and sensitivity await refinement of other imaging modalities, such as tumor or antitumor radioisotopic labeling and in vivo magnetic resonance imaging.






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