Irausquin Roelof A, Scavelli Thomas D, Corti Lisa, Stefanacci Joseph D, DeMarco Joann, Flood Shannon, Rohrbach Barton W
Garden State Veterinary Specialists, One Pine Street, Tinton Falls, New Jersey 07753, USA.
Can Vet J. 2008 Jan;49(1):46-52.
Evaluation of dogs with splenic masses to better educate owners as to the extent of the disease is a goal of many research studies. We compared the use of ultrasonography (US) and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) to evaluate the accuracy of detecting hepatic neoplasia in dogs with splenic masses, independently, in series, or in parallel. No significant difference was found between US and CT. If the presence or absence of ascites, as detected with US, was used as a pretest probability of disease in our population, the positive predictive value increased to 94% if the tests were run in series, and the negative predictive value increased to 95% if the tests were run in parallel. The study showed that CT combined with US could be a valuable tool in evaluation of dogs with splenic masses.
对患有脾脏肿块的犬进行评估，以便更好地向主人说明疾病的程度，这是许多研究的目标。我们比较了超声检查（US）和对比增强计算机断层扫描（CT）单独、串联或并联使用时，检测患有脾脏肿块的犬肝脏肿瘤的准确性。超声检查和CT之间未发现显著差异。如果将超声检查检测到的腹水存在与否作为我们研究群体中疾病的预测试概率，那么串联进行检测时阳性预测值提高到94%，并联进行检测时阴性预测值提高到95%。该研究表明，CT联合超声检查可能是评估患有脾脏肿块的犬的一种有价值的工具。
