Previous studies have reported the accuracy of CT in distinguishing stages of prostatic carcinoma, but they lack uniform surgical proof of histopathologic stage. We evaluated CT scans in 32 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy to assess its role in the preoperative Our data suggest that CT should not be used to influence decisions concerning surgical vs nonsurgical treatment in patients with clinically staged local disease and is only useful when unsuspected metastatic nodal disease is detected.
The incidental detection of an hepatic cavernous hemangioma may create a problem in differential diagnosis. The authors here review the characteristics of hemangiomas as recorded by various types of imaging.
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