Liver metastases from melanoma: detection with multiphasic contrast-enhanced CT

• Published in: Radiology Vol. 213; no. 1; p. 92
• Main Authors: Blake, S P, Weisinger, K, Atkins, M B, Raptopoulos, V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.1999
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Contrast Media; Female; Humans; Liver Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Liver Neoplasms - secondary; Male; Melanoma - diagnostic imaging; Melanoma - secondary; Middle Aged; Sensitivity and Specificity; Skin Neoplasms - pathology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Triiodobenzoic Acids

To assess the clinical utility of multiphasic computed tomography (CT) of the liver in patients with metastatic melanoma. Nonenhanced and biphasic hepatic CT examinations were performed in 28 patients with metastatic melanoma, and liver lesion conspicuity was graded. CT studies in 20 patients met th...