Chest Radiography in the Carcinoid Syndrome

The chest films of 44 patients with liver metastases from intestinal carcinoid tumors were reviewed in order to evaluate the frequency of significant carcinoid heart disease. Only two patients had obvious signs of cardiac involvement, which is contradictory to most other studies. </jats:p

Computed Tomography of the Thymus Gland in Myasthenia Gravis

Sixteen consecutive patients with myasthenia gravis were examined by computed tomography (CT) before thymectomy. Surgical and histologic findings were compared with those obtained at CT. The results, like those of most other recent studies, indicate that CT is a reliable method for identifying thymoma. In all three patients with thymoma, and in five out of eight patients with hyperplasia, the lesion was observed at CT, giving an overall accuracy of 80 per cent. Although tymic hyperplasia is a basically histologic diagnosis an enlarged gland may give a correct diagnosis of this abnormality. </jats:p

Computed Tomography of Malignant Ovarian Disease

One hundred and five patients with proven malignant ovarian disease were examined with one or more abdomino-pelvic CT scans in order to evaluate clinically suspected recurrence, complete clinical remission, or the effect of therapy. The findings obtained at CT were compared with follow-up examinations including surgery in 85 patients within 3 months. CT was accurate in the evaluation of therapeutic response, but if negative not reliable enough to replace a laparotomy of patients with possible recurrence or in clinical remission. </jats:p

Computed Tomography in Advanced Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix

Computed tomography (CT) and clinical examination including complete evaluation of the true pelvis were performed in 32 patients of whom 2 had possible advanced primary and 30 possible recurrent carcinoma of the uterine cervix. Confirmation of the staging by surgery or autopsy was obtained in 22 patients and by repeat clinical examinations and CT in 10 patients. The CT diagnosis was correct in 29 and the clinical pelvic examination in 25 patients. The results confirm previous reports that CT is a complementary method to pelvic examination in advanced cervical carcinoma. </jats:p