title: [Effect of computer tomography on the diagnostic findings and therapy planning in diseases of the epigastrium].
abstract: Computed tomography is a reliable and non-invasive, however quite expensive diagnostic method. Its use as a screening procedure should be avoided until conventional X-ray and endoscopic examinations are exhausted, as tumours in the gastrointestinal tract might be overlooked and, on the other hand, radiation exposure should not be underestimated. The specific application of CT in finding a diagnosis and planning a therapy of upper abdominal diseases, especially concerning pancreas and malignant tumours, is of considerable importance in spite of occasional errors. In any case a critical point of view is indicated.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Der Einfluss der Computertomographie auf Diagnosefindung und Therapieplanug bei Erkrankungen des Oberbauches.