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A comparison study of computed tomography and laparoscopy in the staging of abdominal neoplasms

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Thirty patients who underwent both computed tomography and laparoscopy were viewed retrospectively to evaluate the usefulness of each modality in the staging of abdominal neoplasms. In 20 of the cases, identical diagnostic information was obtained by each procedure. Eight patients had significant findings detected by computed tomography that were not detected at laparoscopy. Two patients had small peritoneal implants detected by laparoscopy alone. In our limited series, computed tomography with directed skinny needle biopsy appeared to have significant advantages over laparoscopy because it was less invasive, permitted imaging of areas not seen at laparoscopy, and was capable of whole-body imaging. Nevertheless, laparoscopy appeared useful in staging neoplasms which characteristically seed via peritoneal implants.

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, 94143, San Francisco, California

    Richard A. Barth MD, R. Brooke Jeffrey Jr MD,  Albert A. Moss MD & Martin S. Liberman MD

  2. Department of Radiology M-396, University of California School of Medicine, 94143, San Francisco, California

    Richard A. Barth MD, R. Brooke Jeffrey Jr MD,  Albert A. Moss MD & Martin S. Liberman MD

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Barth, R.A., Jeffrey, R.B., Moss, A.A. et al. A comparison study of computed tomography and laparoscopy in the staging of abdominal neoplasms. Digest Dis Sci 26, 253–256 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01391639

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