@article{Ahmed_Dogar_Medhi_Gautam_Masood_2015, title={COMPARISON OF COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHIC AND ULTRASONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS}, volume={21}, url={https://annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/746}, DOI={10.21649/akemu.v21i3.746}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p><strong>Introduction:  </strong>Abdominal TB is very common in third world countries with poor socioeconomic status like Pakistan. Majority of patients end up in intestinal obstruction and other complications and finally under-go surgery. Abdominal tuberculosis may be, enteric, peritoneal, nodal and solid visceral TB or in any com-bination of these four varieties. In some cases, res-ponse to therapeutic trials of anti-tuberculous drugs is the basis of diagnosis that may cause a delay in the diagnosis of other diseases which mimic abdominal tuberculosis. Therefore, diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis is an ongoing challenge to the physicians, espe-cially with limited resources. Ultrasound and CT are good diagnostic helping tools in diagnosis of abdomi-nal tuberculosis.</p> <p><strong>Objectives:  </strong>To compare the diagnostic accuracy of Computerized Tomographic and Ultrasonographic findings in Abdominal Tuberculosis considering His-topathology as gold standard.<strong></strong></p> <p><strong>Study Design:  </strong>Comparative cross sectional.</p> <p><strong>Setting:  </strong>Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Hospital Lahore.</p> <p><strong>Duration of Study:  </strong>Twelve months after the approval of synopsis, from June 2007 to May 2008.</p> <p><strong>Subjects and Methods:  </strong>50 patients with clinically suspected abdominal tuberculosis who were candidate for elective surgery were selected. History, examinat-ion and relative investigation were recorded and analy-zed with SPSS version 10.</p> <p><strong>Results:  </strong>CT is a better modality in finding ileocecal involvement, omentum involvement and para-aortic lymphadenopathy than USG and USG is slightly better in finding mesenteric lymphadenopathy than CT in abdominal tuberculosis.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:  </strong>Although none is 100% accurate but there is difference in diagnostic accuracy of compu-terized tomographic and ultrasonographic findings in abdominal tuberculosis. In short combined together, these two modalities can be of great help in pre-opera-tive diagnosis of ATB and in decreasing the mortality and morbidity of the disease.</p> <p><strong>Key words:  </strong>Abdomen, Tuberculosis, Ultrasono-graphy, Computerized Tomography.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Annals of King Edward Medical University}, author={Ahmed, Iftikhar and Dogar, Iqbal Hussain and Medhi, Anjum and Gautam, Mahesh and Masood, Mahjabeen}, year={2015}, month={Nov.}, pages={187} }