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Ultrasonography in the Detection of Crohn’s Disease and in the Differential Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Source :
- Digestion. 41:180-184
- Publication Year :
- 1988
- Publisher :
- S. Karger AG, 1988.
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Abstract
- The diagnostic accuracy of abdominal ultrasonography in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been evaluated in a prospective, randomized, blind study. A total of 181 patients (89 with Crohn's disease, 57 ulcerative colitis and 35 controls) were examined. Sensitivity and specificity of diagnosis in Crohn's disease, corrected for prevalence, were 80.8 and 79.2%, respectively, and a very similar accuracy was found in the differential diagnosis of IBD. In conclusion, ultrasonography can play a role in detecting Crohn's disease and in the differential diagnosis of chronic IBD.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Disease
Inflammatory bowel disease
Gastroenterology
Diagnosis, Differential
Random Allocation
Blind study
Crohn Disease
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Prospective Studies
Ultrasonography
Crohn's disease
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
medicine.disease
Ulcerative colitis
digestive system diseases
Abdominal ultrasonography
Female
Differential diagnosis
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14219867 and 00122823
- Volume :
- 41
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Digestion
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....065f5320b39d91f5ac3ec28022476299