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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Diagnostic Imaging: Oncology -- Cancer Metastases Reference

Diagnostic Imaging: Oncology
On my current radiology rotation I'm realizing the importance of looking for patterns. In particular, when looking at imaging of cancer patients, it is helpful to know where particular types of cancers tend to metastasize.

I've been referring a lot to Diagnostic Imaging: Oncology by Shaaban and Blodgett, which is a wonderful radiographic atlas. It also has the best diagrams I've seen depicting patterns of metastatic spread -- with corresponding frequencies (which I find so helpful; none of my other books have the percentages). On this page I've consolidated the metastatic spread diagrams from this book for easy reference. Please note that all images on this page were taken from Diagnostic Imaging: Oncology by Shaaban and Blodgett; I do not own any of them.

Of course, not all cancers follow the typical patterns of spread, but getting familiar with these these is a good place to start.





Head & Neck

Lip & Oral Cavity
Pharyngeal
Laryngeal
Nasal Cavity & Paranasal Sinuses
Salivary Gland
Thyroid

Thorax

Lung
Pleural Mesothelioma
Breast

Gastrointestinal

Esophageal
Stomach
Small Intestine
Appendiceal
Colorectal
Anal Canal
GIST
Neuroendocrine
HCC
Gallbladder
Intrahepatic Bile Duct
Perihilar Bile Duct
Distal Bile Duct
Ampulla of Vater

Endocrine

Endocrine Pancreatic
Exocrine Pancreatic
Adrenal

Genitourinary

RCC
Renal Pelvis & Ureteral
Urinary Bladder
Urethral
Prostate
Testicular

Gynecological

Cervix Uteri
Corpus Uteri
Ovarian
Fallopian Tube
Vaginal
Vulvar
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

Musculoskeletal

Primary Malignant Bone Tumor
Multiple Myeloma
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Lymphoma
Skin Melanoma

1 comment:

  1. Thanks! This helped me a lot in patho and medical imaging :)

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