DIAGNOSİS OF ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS WITH POWER DOPPLER US:COMPARISON OF SONOGRAPHY-PATHOLOGY

Volume: 42 Number: 1 March 1, 2003
  • Serdar Tarhan
  • Mine Özkol
  • Aslan Sakarya
  • Yavuz Kaya
  • Semin Ayhan
  • Cihan Göktan
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DIAGNOSİS OF ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS WITH POWER DOPPLER US:COMPARISON OF SONOGRAPHY-PATHOLOGY

Abstract

Power Doppler ultrasonography is a new Doppler examination technique which is relatively independent from flow and angle, and it is superior to color Doppler ultrasonography to display small vessels and slow lows. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of Power Doppler ultrasonography in diagnosing acute cholecystitis and differentiating acute from chronic cholecystitis. In one hundred twenty patients with acute right upper quadrant pain or clinically suspected cholecystitis, gallbladder wall vascularity underwent color Doppler ultrasonography and Power Doppler ultrasonography as an adjunct to gray-scale ultrasonography. Imaging findings were compared with pathologic findings in the 48 patients who underwent cholecystectomy. In histopathologic examinations of the operated 48 patients, 23 patients had acute cholecystitis, 25 patients had chronic cholecystitis. With power Doppler ultrasonography, 22 (95%) of 23 patients with acute cholecystitis had hypervascularity in gallbladder wall. Sensitivity and specificity of Power Doppler ultrasonography for revealing acute cholecystitis were 95% and 100%, respectively. As a result, Power Doppler ultrasonography is a very sensitive method for diagnosing acute cholecystitis and differentiating it from chronic cholecystitis. It should be routinely performed in patients with suspected cholecystitis to improve the diagnostic capabilities of gray-scale ultrasonography.

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Turkish

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Serdar Tarhan

Mine Özkol

Aslan Sakarya

Yavuz Kaya

Semin Ayhan

Cihan Göktan

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March 1, 2003

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March 1, 2003

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Year 1970 Volume: 42 Number: 1

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1.Serdar Tarhan, Mine Özkol, Aslan Sakarya, Yavuz Kaya, Semin Ayhan, Cihan Göktan. AKUT KOLESİSTİTİN TANISINDA POWER DOPPLER USLTRASONOGRAFİK-PATOLOJİK KORELASYON. EJM [Internet]. 2003 Mar. 1;42(1):47-53. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA45DE65NE

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