Low sensitivity of sonography and cholescintigraphy in acalculous cholecystitis
| Autor: | L A Mack, EB Larson, J V Rogers, T Plumley, William P. Shuman, Thomas G. Rudd |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Acalculous cholecystitis General Medicine medicine.disease Contrast radiography Cholescintigraphy Cholelithiasis Biliary tract Acute Disease Cholecystitis medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiology Ultrasonography Radionuclide Imaging Nuclear medicine business |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Roentgenology. 142:531-534 |
| ISSN: | 1546-3141 0361-803X |
| DOI: | 10.2214/ajr.142.3.531 |
| Popis: | Acalculous cholecystitis is difficult to diagnose by clinical means or contrast radiography. Because sonography and cholescintigraphy have both been shown to do well in the diagnosis of calculous cholecystitis, the sensitivity of these newer imaging methods was assessed retrospectively in 33 proven cases of acalculous cholecystitis. The sensitivities to acalculous cholecystitis for sonography (67%) and for cholescintigraphy (68%) were not as high as has been reported for these tests in calculous cholecystitis. Reasons for the lower sensitivity with each test and the pathogenesis of acalculous cholecystitis are discussed. |
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