Computed tomography urography with corticomedullary phase can exclude urinary bladder cancer with high accuracy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography-urography (CTU) to rule out urinary bladder cancer (UBC) and whether patients thereby could omit cystoscopy.

Methods

All patients evaluated for macroscopic hematuria with CTU with cortico-medullary phase (CMP) and cystoscopy at our institute between 1^st November 2016 and 31^st December 2019 were included. From this study cohort a study group consisting of all UBC patients and a control group of 113 patients randomly selected from all patients in the study cohort without UBC. Two radiologists blinded to all clinical data reviewed the CTUs independently. CTUs were categorized as positive, negative or indeterminate. Diagnostic accuracy and proportion of potential omittable cystoscopies we

SUBMITTER: Abuhasanein S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006563 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature