title: [Diagnostic value of liver CT for acute necrotizing pancreatitis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine diagnostic value of liver CT for acute necrotizing pancreatitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 130 patients with the acute necrotizing pancreatitis underwent abdominal helical contrast CT scanning, whose pancreatitis was graded and the live CT values were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Altogether 111 patients had decreased liver CT value.Twenty-seven patients with decreased liver CT value were in Grade I, 54 in Grade II, 21 in Grade III, and 9 in Grade IV. There was a negative correlation between CT grades of the liver and CT value of acute necrotizing pancreatitis (r = -0.279, P = 0.008).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CT value of liver density has diagnostic value in acute necrotizing pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Huanghui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qiongjuan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D055815:Young Adult