CT may also be used for the detection of occult disease. Indications include detection of metastatic disease in tumors with a propensity for metastases to the lungs; hemoptysis or suspected bronchiectasis; evaluation of the thymus in patients who have myasthenia gravis; evaluation of patients with...
Lymphoma is a cancer that starts in the cells ofthe immune systemcalled lymphocytes. This cancer develops when the lymphocytes cells are in astate of uncontrollable growthand multiplication. The symptoms may be minor ordifficult to detect in the initial stages of cancer. Sometimes, the symptoms ma...
The axillary lymph nodes are important in the diagnosis of breast cancer. When cancer cells are shed from a breast tumor, they first travel to the axillary nodes. Because cancer cells tend to spread through lymph nodes in a specific pattern, a cancer specialist known as anoncologistcan usually...