Detection of enteric-urinary fistulas with a noninvasive quantitative method.
The 51chromium test is an inexpensive, noninvasive test to evaluate patients for enteric-urinary fistulas. Of 11 patients studied the 51chromium test demonstrated correctly a fistula in 5 of 6 patients with fistulas and showed no lesion in all 5 without fistulas. Excretory urography, barium enemas, visible contrast medium, cystograms and upper gastrointestinal series failed to demonstrate the fistulas with similar accuracy. Cystoscopy suggested a possible lesion in 4 patients but was definite for a fistula in only 2 of those patients.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D002840:Chromates; D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes; D003558:Cystoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017670:Sodium Compounds; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014556:Urine / Q000032:analysis; D014567:Urography
D002840:Chromates; D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes; D017670:Sodium Compounds; D001466:Barium Sulfate; C028982:sodium chromate(VI)