Items tagged “metastases”
63 results found
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Lung metastases from renal cell carcinoma
Published
19 Jun 2009
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Vertebral metastases
Published
07 Jul 2009
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MRI
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Hepatic metastases
Hepatic metastases are 18-40 times more common than primary liver tumours 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 m...
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Vertebral metastases - absent pedicle
Published
16 Sep 2009
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CT
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Pulmonary metastases (colorectal carcinoma)
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24 Oct 2009
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CT
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Skull metastases from thyroid malignancy
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20 Nov 2009
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CT
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Pulmonary metastases
Pulmonary metastases refer to distant tumour spread from a variety of primary tumours to the lungs via the blood or lymphatics.
This article primarily describes haematogenous pulmonary metastases while lymphangitic carcinomatosis is discussed separately.
Epidemiology
Lung metastases are commo...
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
Published
20 Mar 2010
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CT
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Orbital metastasis from breast cancer
Published
22 Apr 2010
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CT
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Orbital metastasis
Orbital metastases are relatively uncommon, but some primary tumours do have a predilection to metastasise to the orbit.
This article concerns itself with extraocular metastases, rather than intraocular tumours or direct extension of tumours from neighbouring regions. For a discussion of intrao...
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Bladder cancer metastases
Published
26 May 2010
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CT
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Liver metastases - low density
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31 Aug 2010
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CT
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Diffuse bone metastases - prostate cancer
Published
15 Nov 2010
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Nuclear medicine
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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
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16 Dec 2010
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CT
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Cervical spine metastasis with vertebral artery encasement
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17 Jul 2011
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MRI
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MRI after radiation therapy of lumbar spinal metastases
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17 Jul 2011
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MRI
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Spinal metastases - spatial distribution
Published
21 Aug 2011
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Diagram
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Skull metastases from breast cancer
Published
22 Sep 2011
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CT