The Efficacy of Intravenous Contrast-enhanced 16-raw Multidetector CT Colonography for Detecting Patients With Colorectal Polyps in an Asymptomatic Population in Korea

Autor: Nayoung Kim, In Sung Song, Seon Hee Lim, Jeong Hoon Kim, Byung Hee Oh, Hyo Won Eun, Sang Heon Cho, Sun Sin Kim, Byung I. Choi, Kyoung Soo Cho, Jeong Yoon Yim, Hyun Chae Jung, Chan Soo Shin, Min Jung Park, Young Sun Kim, Donghee Kim, Kyung Ran Cho, Se Hyung Kim
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: ResearcherID
ISSN: 0192-0790
Popis: The purpose of this study is to compare the sensitivity of computed tomography (CT) colonography (CTC) with that of colonoscopy for detecting patients with colorectal polyps in an asymptomatic screening population in Korea, thus to evaluate a possibility, whether CTC could be used as a screening tool for colorectal polyps.A total of 241 asymptomatic adults underwent intravenous contrast-enhanced CTC and colonoscopy successively on the same day. Bowel preparation was performed by 4 L of polyethylene glycol (n=172) or 90 mL of sodium phosphate (n=69). The CTC findings were released to the colonoscopists after the first examination of each segment, a procedure known as segmental unblinded colonoscopy, and were used as the reference standard. The diagnostic performance of CTC for colorectal polyps was calculated.The per-patient sensitivities of CTC were 68.5% (37/54) and 86.7% (13/15) for polypor = 6 andor = 10 mm, inferior to those of colonoscopy, 92.6% (50/54) and 100% (15/15), respectively. The per-polyp sensitivities of CTC were 60.4% (61/101) and 72.7% (16/22) for polypor = 6 andor = 10 mm, respectively. The low sensitivity of CTC was related with flat morphology. CTC detected only 37.5% (9/24) of flat polypsor = 6 mm. Bowel preparation by sodium phosphate further decreased the positive predictive value and specificity than by polyethylene glycol.Screening by CTC with asymptomatic population was not promising in Korea despite using advanced CT technology (16-row detector). Bowel preparation was one of the key determinants of the specificity of CTC.
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