Imaging

Key Information

Size and location of primary tumor, involvement of distant sites.

• IVP (intravenous pyelogram)
• Prostatic Ultrasound
  A technique to locate areas of carcinoma within the prostate and to assess whether the prostatic capsule is intact. Also called: transrectal ultrasound (TRUS), ultrasonography, echography, sonography. This procedure cannot assess lymph node size, but may be useful in guiding needle biopsies.

  Key words/possible involvement:
  Density, mass effect, area of increased attenuation, abnormal density, abnormal echo.

  Other words/no involvement:
  If there is no specific reference to mass, density, metastasis, or lesion.

• Chest X-Ray
• Imaging, Abdomen/pelvis
• Imaging, Bone Includes:
  Bone scan, technetium (Tc99m), CT scan of bone, metastatic skeletal survey.

  Key words/possible involvement:
  Lytic lesion, osteolytic lesion, blastic lesion, osteoblastic lesion, area(s) of increased uptake. Exceptions: use of these terms in conjunction with a (suspected) diagnosis of arthritis, fracture or osteomyelitis.

  Other words/no involvement:
  If there is no specific reference to lesion or increased uptake.

• Imaging, Brain
• Imaging, Liver/spleen
• Lymphangiogram

For more information about imaging, you may visit the following pages in the Diagnostic Tests module: Other Imaging.