Imaging Patterns of Intratumoral Calcification in the Abdominopelvic Cavity

• Published in: Korean journal of radiology Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 323 - 335
• Main Authors: Yu, Mi Hye, Kim, Young Jun, Park, Hee Sun, Jung, Sung Il, Jeon, Hae Jeong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) The Korean Society of Radiology 01.03.2017; 대한영상의학회
• Subjects: Abdominal Neoplasms - complications; Abdominal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Abdominal Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous - diagnosis; Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous - diagnostic imaging; Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous - pathology; Adult; Aged; Bile ducts; Calcification; Calcinosis - complications; Calcinosis - diagnosis; Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging; Cancer; Colon; Cysts; Female; Females; Gastrointestinal Imaging; Hemorrhage; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Liver; Liver Neoplasms - diagnosis; Liver Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Liver Neoplasms - pathology; Male; Metastasis; Middle Aged; Morphology; Neoplasm Metastasis; Pancreas; Pancreatic Neoplasms - diagnosis; Pancreatic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Pancreatic Neoplasms - pathology; Stomach; Tumors; 방사선과학; Calcification; Abdominopelvic neoplasm
• ISSN: 1229-6929; 2005-8330
• DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2017.18.2.323

Intratumoral calcification is one of the most noticeable of radiologic findings. It facilitates detection and provides information important for correctly diagnosing tumors. In the abdominopelvic cavity, a wide variety of tumors have calcifications with various imaging features, though the majority of such calcifications are dystrophic in nature. In this article, we classify the imaging patterns of intratumoral calcification according to number, location, and morphology. Then, we describe commonly-encountered abdominopelvic tumors containing typical calcification patterns, focusing on their differentiable characteristics using the imaging patterns of intratumoral calcification.