Computed tomography after gastrectomy in primary gastric carcinoma.

Thirty-eight patients with adenocarcinoma of the stomach and considered disease-free following surgical resection of their primary neoplasm, underwent abdominal CT 1 month to 3 years after tumor removal. A total of 70 CT studies were obtained during this period. The most common findings were metastasis to lymph nodes (15 patients) and to the liver (nine patients). There were nine patients with local recurrence of the tumor. In the follow-up of patients after gastrectomy for carcinoma, CT was helpful in the diagnosis of local recurrence and distant metastasis, in guiding the biopsy of the suspected abnormalities, and in the evaluation of the results of treatment.