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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Abdominal CT scan may be diagnostic of esophageal cancer. | |||
==CT== | ==CT== | ||
*Eccentric or circumferential wall thickening >5 mm | *Eccentric or circumferential wall thickening >5 mm | ||
*Peri- | *Peri-esophageal soft tissue and fat stranding | ||
*Dilated fluid and debris filled esophageal lumen is proximal to an obstructing lesion | *Dilated fluid and debris filled esophageal lumen is proximal to an obstructing lesion | ||
*Tracheobronchial invasion appears as displacement of the airway (usually the trachea or left mainstem bronchus) as a result of mass effect by the oesophageal tumour | *Tracheobronchial invasion appears as displacement of the airway (usually the trachea or left mainstem bronchus) as a result of mass effect by the oesophageal tumour | ||
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[[Category:Types of cancer]] | [[Category:Types of cancer]] | ||
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American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Esophageal cancer CT |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Abdominal CT scan may be diagnostic of esophageal cancer.
CT
- Eccentric or circumferential wall thickening >5 mm
- Peri-esophageal soft tissue and fat stranding
- Dilated fluid and debris filled esophageal lumen is proximal to an obstructing lesion
- Tracheobronchial invasion appears as displacement of the airway (usually the trachea or left mainstem bronchus) as a result of mass effect by the oesophageal tumour
- Aortic invasion