The Pseudolymphogram

Wegner, Gene P.

doi:10.1001/jama.1967.03120210062010

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“…Calcifications are by no means limited to the tumors herein included but can rarely occur with small bowel carcinoids [26], carcinoma of the gallbladder [27], and within gastrointestinal metastases from a primary source elsewhere [3,6,9,16,18,20,23,28]. Conversely, calcified lymph nodes and hepatic metastases may be present particularly in association with carcinomas of the colon even though the primary lesion may not be visibly calcified [4,6,18,20,23,29,30]. This is particularly important because aggregates of 'poppy seed' calcifications in the liver are highly diagnostic of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon [2,4,9,16,18,27].…”

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“…Finally, metaplastic ossification (Fig. 9), rather than dystrophic calcification, could be the underlying cause of recognizable densities particularly in carcinoma of the colon [1,5,23,29]. It should also be mentioned that both chemotherapy and radiation can induce or promote calcifications within a primary gastro!ntestinal tumor and its metastases [20,30].…”

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Calcified primary tumors of the gastrointestinal tract

Ghahremani

Meyers

Port

1977

Gastrointest Radiol

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Abstract.The dominant pattern and location of calcifications occurring within 23 primary gastrointestinal tumors have been analysed and correlated with the data from the literature. The provided guidelines for radiologic diagnosis of such calcified tumors include : (1) a retrocardiac mass containing amorphous calcifications is typical of leiomyoma of the esophagus; (2) calcific deposits similar to that in uterine fibroids may be the feature of gastric leiomyoma or intestinal leiomyosarcoma; (3) sand-like deposits within the wall of the stomach or colon are characteristic of a mucinous adenocarcinoma; (4) clusters of phleboliths in the gastrointestinal wall suggest a hemangioma particularly if recurrent intestinal bleeding and cutaneous hemangiomas are associated; (5) sunburst type of calcification in the pancreas indicates a cystadenoma or cystadenocarcinoma of that organ; and (6) aggregates of granular calcifications in the liver are diagnostic for metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon but may rarely be seen in a primary malignancy of the liver.

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