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** Sometimes it is challenging to distinguish between tumor and mucin. | ** Sometimes it is challenging to distinguish between tumor and mucin. | ||
** There are reports in favor of Diffusion weighted MRI superiority compared to CT in evaluating extent of peritoneal involvement.<ref name="pmid22302265">Low RN, Barone RM (2012) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22302265 Combined diffusion-weighted and gadolinium-enhanced MRI can accurately predict the peritoneal cancer index preoperatively in patients being considered for cytoreductive surgical procedures.] ''Ann Surg Oncol'' 19 (5):1394-1401. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1245/s10434-012-2236-3 DOI:10.1245/s10434-012-2236-3] PMID: [https://pubmed.gov/22302265 22302265]</ref> | ** There are reports in favor of Diffusion weighted MRI superiority compared to CT in evaluating extent of peritoneal involvement.<ref name="pmid22302265">Low RN, Barone RM (2012) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22302265 Combined diffusion-weighted and gadolinium-enhanced MRI can accurately predict the peritoneal cancer index preoperatively in patients being considered for cytoreductive surgical procedures.] ''Ann Surg Oncol'' 19 (5):1394-1401. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1245/s10434-012-2236-3 DOI:10.1245/s10434-012-2236-3] PMID: [https://pubmed.gov/22302265 22302265]</ref> | ||
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* CT scan also helps in discovering distant metastatic lessons in the other organs like bone, lungs, and brain. | * CT scan also helps in discovering distant metastatic lessons in the other organs like bone, lungs, and brain. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Soroush Seifirad, M.D.[2]
Overview
Abdominal CT scan is pretty helpful in the diagnosis of appendix cancer. Findings on CT scan suggestive of appendix cancer include [finding 1], [finding 2], and [finding 3]. CT scan is one of the best imaging modalities to assess disease burden, metastatic lesions as well as disease stage.
CT scan
- Abdominal CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of appendiceal cancer. Findings on CT scan suggestive of appendix cancer include:
- Cystic lesion
- Peritoneal involvement
- Liver metastasis
- Peritoneal carcinomatosis index (PCI): a widely accepted metric for assessment of disease border in appendix cancer
- Estimated by contrast enhanced cross sectional imaging.
- Both MRI and CT scan has been used and are globally accepted imaging modalities.
- Small peritoneal seeding might be difficult to appreciate on CT.
- Sometimes it is challenging to distinguish between tumor and mucin.
- There are reports in favor of Diffusion weighted MRI superiority compared to CT in evaluating extent of peritoneal involvement.[1]
Lesion Size Score | |
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LS0 | No tumor seen |
LS1 | Tumor up to 0.5 cm |
LS2 | Tumor up to 5 cm cm |
LS3 | Tumor > 5 cm or confluence |
Maximum Score = 3 | |
Regions (0-3) | |
0 | Central |
1 | Right Upper |
2 | Epigasterium |
3 | Left Upper |
4 | Left Flank |
5 | Left Lower |
6 | Pelvis |
7 | Right Upper |
8 | Right Flank |
9 | Upper Jejunum |
10 | Lower Jejunum |
11 | Upper Illeum |
12 | lower Illeum |
Maximum Score = 36 | |
Total Maximum Score = 39 |
- CT scan also helps in discovering distant metastatic lessons in the other organs like bone, lungs, and brain.
References
- ↑ Low RN, Barone RM (2012) Combined diffusion-weighted and gadolinium-enhanced MRI can accurately predict the peritoneal cancer index preoperatively in patients being considered for cytoreductive surgical procedures. Ann Surg Oncol 19 (5):1394-1401. DOI:10.1245/s10434-012-2236-3 PMID: 22302265