Computed tomography versus ultrasound for the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Guilherme Strieder de OliveiraGiovanni Brondani TorriFernanda Engel GandolfiAdriano Basso DiasJustin Ruey TseMartina Zaguini FranciscoBruno HochheggerStephan Philip Leonhardt Altmayer

Published in: European radiology (2024)

When there is clinical suspicion of acute cholecystitis, patients will often undergo both CT and US. CT has similar sensitivity and specificity compared to US for the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. The concordance rate between CT and US for the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis is 82.3%.

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