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2952140

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
Local recurrence is a common problem among patients treated surgically for adenocarcinoma of the rectum and rectosigmoid. When a local recurrence has become clinically manifest, curative therapy is virtually impossible. Asymptomatic local recurrences are difficult to find clinically, especially in patients treated with an abdominoperineal resection. In 177 patients who had undergone locally curative surgery and had had an uneventful recovery, a postoperative follow-up program, including computed tomography (CT), was carried out. In 77 per cent (137/177) a mass was observed in the pelvis at the first postoperative CT. This mass partly represents fibrosis due to radiation therapy. The risk of developing local recurrence cannot be foreseen from a CT image. CT should not be performed by routine but only in patients with symptoms in whom local recurrence cannot be verified by clinical examination, and always with CT-guided needle biopsy of the detected mass.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0284-1851
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
41-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Computed tomography in early diagnosis of local recurrence of rectal carcinoma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't