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Tomizawa M, Shinozaki F, Hasegawa R, et al. Abdominal ultrasonography for patients with abdominal pain as a first-line diagnostic imaging modality. Exp Ther Med. 2017;13(5):1932-1936doi: 10.3892/etm.2017.4209.
Tomizawa, M., Shinozaki, F., Hasegawa, R., Shirai, Y., Motoyoshi, Y., Sugiyama, T., Yamamoto, S., & Ishige, N. (2017). Abdominal ultrasonography for patients with abdominal pain as a first-line diagnostic imaging modality. Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 13(5), 1932-1936. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2017.4209
Tomizawa, Minoru, et al. "Abdominal ultrasonography for patients with abdominal pain as a first-line diagnostic imaging modality." Experimental and therapeutic medicine vol. 13,5 (2017): 1932-1936. doi: https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2017.4209
Tomizawa M, Shinozaki F, Hasegawa R, Shirai Y, Motoyoshi Y, Sugiyama T, Yamamoto S, Ishige N. Abdominal ultrasonography for patients with abdominal pain as a first-line diagnostic imaging modality. Exp Ther Med. 2017 May;13(5):1932-1936. doi: 10.3892/etm.2017.4209. Epub 2017 Mar 09. PMID: 28565789; PMCID: PMC5443284.
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Exp Ther Med. 2017 May;13(5):1932-1936. doi: 10.3892/etm.2017.4209. Epub 2017 Mar 09.

Abdominal ultrasonography for patients with abdominal pain as a first-line diagnostic imaging modality.

Experimental and therapeutic medicine

Minoru Tomizawa, Fuminobu Shinozaki, Rumiko Hasegawa, Yoshinori Shirai, Yasufumi Motoyoshi, Takao Sugiyama, Shigenori Yamamoto, Naoki Ishige

Affiliations

  1. Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido, Chiba 284-0003, Japan.
  2. Department of Radiology, National Hospital Organization Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido, Chiba 284-0003, Japan.
  3. Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido, Chiba 284-0003, Japan.
  4. Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido, Chiba 284-0003, Japan.
  5. Department of Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido, Chiba 284-0003, Japan.
  6. Department of Pediatrics, National Hospital Organization Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido, Chiba 284-0003, Japan.
  7. Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital Organization Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido, Chiba 284-0003, Japan.

PMID: 28565789 PMCID: PMC5443284 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2017.4209

Abstract

The utility and limitations of abdominal ultrasonography (US) were retrospectively evaluated as a first-line diagnostic imaging modality in patients with abdominal pain. Hospital records from patients subjected to abdominal US as a first-line diagnostic imaging examination at the National Hospital Organization Shimoshizu Hospital (Yotsukaido, Japan) from April 2010 to April 2015 were analyzed. Only those patients who underwent abdominal US to diagnose abdominal symptoms were included in the present study. All patients with prior diagnostic imaging examination findings were excluded from the study in order to reduce bias of results. The analyzed patients included 39 males with an average (mean ± standard deviation) age of 65.8±18.8 years and 37 females with an average age of 53.7±19.3 years. Diagnosis with abdominal US was in agreement with the final diagnosis in 66 of the 76 patients. Final diagnosis of symptoms by abdominal US was not successful in the remaining 10 patients who required further investigation. Acute cholangitis, acute cholecystitis, acute pancreatitis, acute appendicitis, colonic diverticulitis and spleen rupture were correctly diagnosed. Different types of cancer, including colorectal cancer, were also successfully diagnosed. Bile duct cancer and sigmoid colon volvulus could not be diagnosed by abdominal US due to the presence of intestinal gas. Abnormal findings were detected using abdominal US, but the diagnosis required additional consultation with gynecologists. Abdominal US was suitable for patients with abdominal symptoms. It is recommended that patients undergo further diagnostic imaging or consultation with gynecologists when large gas bubbles are present or gynecological conditions are suspected.

Keywords: acute appendicitis; colonic diverticulitis; ovarian torsion

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