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- Title
Spectral CT in peritoneal carcinomatosis from ovarian cancer: a tool for differential diagnosis of small nodules?
- Authors
Zorzetto, Giada; Coppola, Andrea; Molinelli, Valeria; Angeretti, Maria Gloria; Casarin, Jvan; Fontana, Federico; Piacentino, Filippo; Carcano, Giulio; Ghezzi, Fabio; Venturini, Massimo
- Abstract
The detection of peritoneal carcinomatosis in patients with ovarian cancer is crucial to establish the correct therapeutic planning (debulking surgery versus neoadjuvant chemotherapy). Often, however, the nodules of peritoneal carcinomatosis are very small in size or have a reticular appearance that can mimic the fat stranding that is typical of acute inflammation conditions. Our hypothesis is that the use of dual-layer spectral computed tomography with its applications, such as virtual monoenergetic imaging and Z-effective imaging, might improve the detection and the characterisation of peritoneal nodules, increasing sensitivity and diagnostic accuracy, as recently described for other oncological diseases.
- Subjects
PERITONEAL cancer; DUAL energy CT (Tomography); OVARIAN cancer; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; NEEDLE biopsy; NEOADJUVANT chemotherapy
- Publication
European Radiology Experimental, 2022, Vol 6, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2509-9280
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s41747-022-00302-z