Efficacy of the computed tomographic scanning (CT) with contrast media injection from foot vein for abdominal mass of the child

CT with contrast media injection from forearm vein revealed poor information about the inferior vena cava (IVC), in two cases of neuroblastoma from the right adrenal gland. While, CT with contrast media injection from foot vein well demonstrated the tumor extension around the IVC in one case of neuroblastoma, and the tumor, thrombus in the IVC in two cases of Wilms' tumor. Bolus injection from foot vein is helpful to evaluate the extension of malignant tumor around the IVC. (author)