title: Infusion tomography and the total body opacification effect: appraisal in the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis.
abstract: Clinical and laboratory investigations were performed to test the criteria used in infusion tomography of the gallbladder (ITGB) for the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. The results demonstrated a 14% incidence of gallbladder wall visualization in 200 patients asymptomatic for gallbladder disease undergoing excretory urography with tomography. The animal investigation showed no significant difference (0.1 less than p less than 0.2) in radiographic results between control (n = 6) and acute cholecystitis (n = 7) groups. Serious questions are raised regarding the clinical reliability of ITGB using currently accepted diagnostic criteria.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002765:Cholecystography / Q000379:methods*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray