Calcified Liver Metastases: A Specific Roentgen Diagnostic Sign

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Abstract
Calcification is found infrequently in metastatic tumors. In hepatic metastases particularly it is generally considered as of rare occurrence, though the liver is a common site of secondary neoplastic growth. We have been able to find reports of only 8 cases in the literature (1–5). Experience has convinced us that the radiographic picture to be described herein is of practical value in the recognition of certain metastatic neoplasms in the liver, yielding a relatively specific diagnosis of tumor derived from the large bowel. Antemortem Radiographic Identification of Calcified Liver Metastases Within the last three years, one of us (A. J. M.) encountered 4 cases in which evidence of calcified liver metastases appeared in radiographs of the abdomen. In 3 of these, subsequent biopsy or autopsy confirmed the diagnosis. In each instance, the primary site of the neoplasm was in the large bowel. Case Reports Case I: W. D., a female forty-seven years old, was admitted to the medical service of the Norfolk Genera...

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