MDCT diagnosis of penetrating diaphragm injury.
Publication/Presentation Date
8-1-2009
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to determine the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of multidetector CT (MDCT) in detection of diaphragmatic injury following penetrating trauma. Chest and abdominal CT examinations performed preoperatively in 136 patients after penetrating trauma to the torso with injury trajectory in close proximity to the diaphragm were reviewed by radiologists unaware of surgical findings. Signs associated with diaphragmatic injuries in penetrating trauma were noted. These signs were correlated with surgical diagnoses, and their sensitivity and specificity in assisting the diagnosis were calculated. CT confirmed diaphragmatic injury in 41 of 47 injuries (sensitivity, 87.2%), and an intact diaphragm in 71 of 98 patients (specificity, 72.4%). The overall accuracy of MDCT was 77%. The most accurate sign helping the diagnosis was contiguous injury on either side of the diaphragm in single-entry penetrating trauma (sensitivity, 88%; specificity, 82%). Thus MDCT has high sensitivity and good specificity in detecting penetrating diaphragmatic injuries.
Volume
19
Issue
8
First Page
1875
Last Page
1881
ISSN
1432-1084
Published In/Presented At
Bodanapally, U. K., Shanmuganathan, K., Mirvis, S. E., Sliker, C. W., Fleiter, T. R., Sarada, K., Miller, L. A., Stein, D. M., & Alexander, M. (2009). MDCT diagnosis of penetrating diaphragm injury. European radiology, 19(8), 1875–1881. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-009-1367-9
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
19333606
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article