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CT Screening: Why I Do It

Michael Brant-Zawadzki1,2

1 Department of Radiology, Hoag Memorial Hospital, One Hoag Dr., Newport Beach, CA 92663.
2 CT Screening International, 18101 Von Karmen, Ste. 1240, Irvine, CA 92612.



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  		Fig. 1. —Stage I lung cancer detected in 62-year-old healthy woman who is former smoker. CT scan shows spiculated left upper lobe nodule. Surgical resection 1 week later verified stage IA squamous cell cancer.

 


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  		Fig. 2A. —Renal cancer detected in 58-year-old healthy self-referred man. CT scan shows mass in lower pole of right kidney. No evidence of metastasis was found at workup before surgical removal.

 


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  		Fig. 2B. —Renal cancer detected in 58-year-old healthy self-referred man. Coronal reformation shows lower pole right renal mass.

 


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  		Fig. 3. —Aortic aneurysm detected in 60-year-old man who requested CT screening as adjunct to annual physical examination (which had normal findings). CT scan shows large abdominal aortic aneurysm that was surgically repaired 2 weeks after study.

 


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  		Fig. 4. —Lymphoma detected in 57-year-old, self-referred healthy woman. Screening CT scan shows left paraaortic lymphadenopathy (arrow). Lymphoma was found at biopsy.

 


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  		Fig. 5A. —Coronary artery stenosis detected in 70-year-old man with atypical symptoms and negative stress test findings who was referred by cardiologist for calcium scoring. IV CT coronary angiogram shows multifocal calcium deposits and stenoses (arrows) in left anterior descending artery.

 


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  		Fig. 5B. —Coronary artery stenosis detected in 70-year-old man with atypical symptoms and negative stress test findings who was referred by cardiologist for calcium scoring. Coronary catheter angiographic image that was obtained as result of high calcium score verfies severe multifocal stenoses (arrows) of left anterior descending coronary artery.

 

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