Ultrasonography as a primary diagnostic tool in patients with inflammatory disease and tumors of the small intestine and large bowel
✍ Scribed by Tayfun Bozkurt; Friederike Richter; Gerd Lux
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 689 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
In 240 patients with predefined indications, the validity of ultrasound imaging as a primary diagnostic procedure was examined prospectively. Ultrasonography revealed normal intestinal findings in 150 patients and pathological lesions in 90 subjects. All patients underwent subsequent endoscopic, radiological, or surgical examination. In 7 patients with Crohn's disease and in 2 patients with radiation colitis, the ultrasound findings were false‐negative. In the other 9 cases, ultrasonography suggested false‐positive results. Ultrasonographic examination of the small intestine and large bowel had a very high overall validity, with a sensitivity of 90% and specificity of 94%. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.