Staging of testicular carcinoma: comparison of CT and lymphangiography
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Roentgen Ray Society in American Journal of Roentgenology
- Vol. 137 (5), 991-996
- https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.137.5.991
Abstract
Clinical staging by computed tomography (CT) and lymphangiography was compared in 27 patients with pathologically staged testicular carcinoma, primarily nonseminomatous tumors. The overall accuracy of CT was 89%; the sensitivity, 90%; and the specificity, 83%. The accuracy of lymphangiography for detecting nodal abnormalities was 70%; the sensitivity, 71%; and the specificity, 67%. In 48% of cases, CT provided better delineation of tumor margins. Also, CT detected retrocrural nodal enlargement in 14% of patients and hepatic metastasis in 5%. The usefulness and limitations of both methods are discussed along with their clinical implications.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit: