CT Detection of Skeletal Muscle Metastases
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
- Vol. 10 (1) , 81-83
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004728-198601000-00018
Abstract
The CT appearance of skeletal muscle metastases, proven by biopsy, is presented in a series of 11 patients. Primary sites of neoplasm included chest, head and neck, breast, esophagus, uterus, ovary, prostate, and lymph nodes. Computed tomographic guided biopsies were performed in seven patients and four patients underwent open biopsy. The CT findings consisted primarily of muscle enlargement with the masses containing low density and loss of normal fat and vascular planes. Invasion of adjacent bony structures was occasionally observed.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Bone-forming gastric metastases in muscle—Computed tomographic demonstrationJournal of Computed Tomography, 1983
- Possible reasons for the high resistance of muscle to cancerMedical Hypotheses, 1980