TY - JOUR
T1 - Usefulness of DIC-CT in choledocholithiasis
AU - Miyoshi, Hironao
AU - Hattori, Toshiyuki
AU - Kou, Katuyoshi
AU - Katayama, Makoto
AU - Arakawa, Akira
AU - Taki, Tomoyuki
AU - Inui, Kazuo
AU - Yoshino, Junji
AU - Nakazawa, Saburo
AU - Naitoh, Yasuo
PY - 1999/6
Y1 - 1999/6
N2 - In order to assess the efficacy of helical CT in drip-infusion cholangiography (DIC-CT) for diagnosis of choledocholithiasis, 82 patients with biliary diseases, including 25 patients with a definite diagnosis of choledocholithiasis obtained by direct cholangiography, were investigated by DIC-CT and EUS. Comparative investigation showed that, of the 25 cases, 94.7% could be imaged by DIC-CT and 87.5% by EUS, with respective sensitivities of 94.7% and 87.5%. The specificities in both cases were 100% and accuracies were 97.8% with DIC-CT and 96% with EUS respectively. Therefore, in diagnosis the choledocholithiasis, DIC-CT displays similar diagnostic efficiency as EUS or ERC and can be recognized as the non-invasive and useful procedure for pre-operative diagnosis of cholecystolithiasis.
AB - In order to assess the efficacy of helical CT in drip-infusion cholangiography (DIC-CT) for diagnosis of choledocholithiasis, 82 patients with biliary diseases, including 25 patients with a definite diagnosis of choledocholithiasis obtained by direct cholangiography, were investigated by DIC-CT and EUS. Comparative investigation showed that, of the 25 cases, 94.7% could be imaged by DIC-CT and 87.5% by EUS, with respective sensitivities of 94.7% and 87.5%. The specificities in both cases were 100% and accuracies were 97.8% with DIC-CT and 96% with EUS respectively. Therefore, in diagnosis the choledocholithiasis, DIC-CT displays similar diagnostic efficiency as EUS or ERC and can be recognized as the non-invasive and useful procedure for pre-operative diagnosis of cholecystolithiasis.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 10396935
AN - SCOPUS:0032973393
SN - 0446-6586
VL - 96
SP - 644
EP - 651
JO - Japanese Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - Japanese Journal of Gastroenterology
IS - 6
ER -