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Radiology, Vol 144, 27-29, Copyright © 1982 by Radiological Society of North America

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The efficacy of full-lung tomography in the detection of early metastatic disease from melanoma

AM Curtis, CE Ravin, TF Deering, CE Putman, TC McLoud and RH Greenspan

In a prospective study, 62 patients with proved melanoma and negative chest radiographs underwent full-lung tomography. Of 109 examinations performed, 12 patients had positive findings on tomography; nine were false-positive and three were true-positive. Of the true-positive examinations, two patients already had widespread metastatic disease and one had an advanced local lesion. Clinical staging and therapy were changed in only one patient as a result of information provided by full- lung tomography. It appears from these results that full-lung tomography is of limited use in detection of metastases from melanoma in the presence of a negative chest radiograph.


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