An application study of CT perfusion imaging in assessing metastatic involvement of perigastric lymph nodes in patients with T1 gastric cancer.

CONCLUSIONS: CT perfusion parameters values were different between metastatic and inflammatory PLNs in T1 gastric cancer. BF value may be the most reliable diagnostic marker of metastatic PLNs, and it is helpful for clinicians to choose treatment modality or management plan in T1 gastric cancer patients. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: CTPI gives information on vascularization of LNs.BF value might be a more effective marker than PS or the size of LNs for differentiating metastatic from inflammatory LNs in patients with T1 gastric cancer. PMID: 31778314 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Br J Radiol Source Type: research