Open AccessAcute cholecystitis: 137 patients studied by infusion tomography of the gallbladder
Author(s) -
Rogelio Moncada,
M. Jorge Cardoso,
R Danley,
Julieta Rodriguez,
Kenji Kimura,
Jack Pickleman,
J Brandly
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.129.4.583
Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystitis , gallbladder , acute cholecystitis , radiology , tomography , computed tomography , chronic cholecystitis , surgery
Clinical experience with inflammatory cholecystopathy recognized in 137 patients studied by infusion tomography of the gallbladder is presented. Diagnostic accuracy was 96% in positive and 94% in negative histologically proven cases. Our results show that infusion tomography of the gallbladder is an accurate, rapid, and safe diagnostic aid in the evaluation of acute cholecystitis. In cases of chronic cholecystitis, infusion tomography may be confirmatory but should not be relied on as a final diagnostic test due to a high percentage of false negative cases.