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Comparative Study
Journal Article
[Comparison of spiral computed tomography without contrast media and intravenous urography in the diagnosis of renal colic].
Progrès en Urologie 1999 April
OBJECTIVES: This prospective study was designed to determine the reliability of noncontrast spiral CT scan, compared to that of intravenous urography (IVU), in the diagnostic assessment of acute renal colic.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: 53 patients, admitted with an empirical diagnosis of renal colic after initial assessment, were included and underwent spiral CT scan without contrast agent injection, immediately followed by IVU. These examinations were performed according to a blind protocol by two different radiologists. We initially looked for the presence of stones and/or urinary tract obstruction. Patients with a stone and/or obstruction (urinary tract dilatation) visible on CT scan were then examined for the presence of CT signs associated with stone disease (infiltration of the perirenal and periureteric fat, oedema of the ureteric wall and loss of sinus fat). We calculated the statistical correlation between the presence or absence of obstruction and these accessory signs.
RESULTS: 45 stones were recovered (in 36 cases before the two examinations). 36 stones were identified on CT versus only 24 on urography. Urinary tract dilatation was demonstrated in 26 out of 53 cases by both urography and CT. The frequency of accessory signs visible on CT in the presence of stones (n = 36) was 66% for infiltration of periureteric fat, 36% for infiltration of perirenal fat and 75% for oedema of the ureteric wall. In the presence of urinary tract dilatation, these frequencies were 92%, 84% and 60% respectively.
CONCLUSION: Noncontrast spiral CT is a reliable and rapid diagnostic modality for the detection of urinary stones, providing a morphological study equivalent to that of IVU and able to guide appropriate treatment. It should replace IVU in the diagnostic assessment of renal colic.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: 53 patients, admitted with an empirical diagnosis of renal colic after initial assessment, were included and underwent spiral CT scan without contrast agent injection, immediately followed by IVU. These examinations were performed according to a blind protocol by two different radiologists. We initially looked for the presence of stones and/or urinary tract obstruction. Patients with a stone and/or obstruction (urinary tract dilatation) visible on CT scan were then examined for the presence of CT signs associated with stone disease (infiltration of the perirenal and periureteric fat, oedema of the ureteric wall and loss of sinus fat). We calculated the statistical correlation between the presence or absence of obstruction and these accessory signs.
RESULTS: 45 stones were recovered (in 36 cases before the two examinations). 36 stones were identified on CT versus only 24 on urography. Urinary tract dilatation was demonstrated in 26 out of 53 cases by both urography and CT. The frequency of accessory signs visible on CT in the presence of stones (n = 36) was 66% for infiltration of periureteric fat, 36% for infiltration of perirenal fat and 75% for oedema of the ureteric wall. In the presence of urinary tract dilatation, these frequencies were 92%, 84% and 60% respectively.
CONCLUSION: Noncontrast spiral CT is a reliable and rapid diagnostic modality for the detection of urinary stones, providing a morphological study equivalent to that of IVU and able to guide appropriate treatment. It should replace IVU in the diagnostic assessment of renal colic.
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