Peripheral invasion of esophageal carcinoma:CT study compared with surgery and pathology
SUN Ying-shi,ZHANG Xiao-peng,DUAN Hong-yang,LI Shu,HAN Ming-jun,HE Cui-ju,LI Lin
(Department of Radiology,First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University,Shenyang 110001,China )
Abstract:Objective:To discuss the CT diagnostic criteria for the peripheral invasion of esophageal cancer and its clinical value.Material and Method:34 patients proved by surgery and pathology underwent helical CT examination before operation.Result:Of the 34 patients,19 lesions were in the upper segment,and 15 lesions in the lower segment;8 cases with trachea and bronchi invasiveness;5 cases with aorta involved,5 cases with pericardium involvement,and 2 cases with both;CT found 31 lesions,17 of the upper segment,and 14 of the lower segment;9 lesions with unclear fat interval to bronchi,8 were proved to have invasion.Among them,6 cases were found fat interval in the neighboring images,and all were proved invasion.The fat interval between the tumor and aorta was clear in 19 cases,and unclear in 15 cases.6 cases with unclear region were less than 45 degree,all proved uninvolved;2 cases with an angle were over 90 degree,both had invasion,in the left 7 cases,3 had invasion.9 lesions had no fat interval with the pericardium,with 5 were proved invasion.In 3 of them,fat interval was clear in the neighboring images.Conclusion:CT judgement for the invasion of esophageal cancer to the trachea,bronchi,aorta,is with high accuracy,but with low accuracy to the pericardium invasiveness.The CT diagnosis of peripheral invasion of esophageal cancer is of high diagnostic and clinical value.
Key words:esophageal neoplasms; tomography,X- ray computed
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