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Brain imaging is mandatory for staging purposes in all patients with small cell lung cancer. | There are no MRI findings associated with small cell carcinoma. However, a MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of small cell carcinoma, which include brain metastasis. Brain imaging is mandatory for staging purposes in all patients with small cell lung cancer. | ||
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*There are no MRI findings associated with small cell carcinoma. However, a MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of small cell carcinoma, which include:<ref name="SimonWagner2003">{{cite journal|last1=Simon|first1=George R.|last2=Wagner|first2=Henry|title=Small Cell Lung Cancer*|journal=Chest|volume=123|issue=1|year=2003|pages=259S–271S|issn=00123692|doi=10.1378/chest.123.1_suppl.259S}}</ref> | |||
**Brain metastasis | |||
*Brain imaging is mandatory for staging purposes in all patients with small cell lung cancer.<ref name=NCCN>[http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/f_guidelines_nojava.asp NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. Small Cell Lung Cancer, version 2.2014] </ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rim Halaby, M.D. [2]
Overview
There are no MRI findings associated with small cell carcinoma. However, a MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of small cell carcinoma, which include brain metastasis. Brain imaging is mandatory for staging purposes in all patients with small cell lung cancer.
MRI
- There are no MRI findings associated with small cell carcinoma. However, a MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of small cell carcinoma, which include:[1]
- Brain metastasis
- Brain imaging is mandatory for staging purposes in all patients with small cell lung cancer.[2]
References
- ↑ Simon, George R.; Wagner, Henry (2003). "Small Cell Lung Cancer*". Chest. 123 (1): 259S–271S. doi:10.1378/chest.123.1_suppl.259S. ISSN 0012-3692.
- ↑ NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. Small Cell Lung Cancer, version 2.2014