Role of Abdominal and Pelvic CT Scans in Diagnosis of Patients with Immunotherapy-Induced Colitis.

Juan José Ibarra RoviraSelvi ThirumurthiMelissa TaggartBulent YilmazHeather LinLinda Lee ZhongChinenye Lynette EjezieFechukwu O AkhmedzhanovAbdulrazzak ZarifaCheuk Hong LeungDavid S HongRaghunandan Vikram

Published in: Journal of immunotherapy and precision oncology (2022)

We found that CT had a low sensitivity, specificity, and negative predictive value for the diagnosis of immunotherapy-induced colitis. We therefore conclude that CT has a limited role in the diagnosis of patients with suspected uncomplicated immune-related colitis.

Keyphrases

computed tomography
dual energy
contrast enhanced
image quality
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
drug induced