Computed tomographic detection of retroperitoneal adenopathy.

Abstract
This prospective study of 50 patients was designed to evaluate the effect of computed tomographic section spacing on the detection of retroperitoneal adenopathy. Contiguous 1 cm thick sections were obtained in all patients and compared with scans obtained at 2 cm intervals in these same patients. In 45 of the 50 patients, there was agreement between the 2 sets of scans; in only 2 of the 50 cases were there major disagreements. Scans obtained at 2 cm intervals are nearly as accurate as contiguous scans at 1 cm intervals in the detection of retroperitoneal adenopathy.

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: