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Patients were placed in supine position with full urinary bladder at the time of the UHCT.
Since the pioneering study on the role of UHCT in the evaluation of ureteric colic by Smith et al [ 1 ] in 1995, a number of studies have shown the superiority of non-contrast enhanced CT over IVU and Ultrasonography [ 2 3 4 5 ] . Its sensitivity and specificity is reported to be more than 95% and 96 % respectively [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 ] . An important disadvantage is a higher radiation dose to the patient [ 7 ] . Denton [ 8 ] noted a difference of 2.5 mSv versus 4.7 mSv in the radiation dose to the patient between IVU and UHCT performed for renal colic.
In the remaining 201 patients, sensitivity and specificity of UHCT in diagnosing calculi was 99% and 98% respectively while +ve and -ve predictive value was 99% and 98% respectively.
In this study, we are presenting our initial experience of diagnosing alternative or additional diseases on UHCT performed for the evaluation of acute flank pain.
The UHCT were obtained on a Cti/pro single slice helical CT scanner (General Electrical medical systems, Milwaukee, WI).
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