Whole-Body CT Screening: Spectrum of Findings and Recommendations in 1192 Patients

作者：Claudia D. Furtado, Diego A. Aguirre, Claude B. Sirlin, David Dang, S. Stamato, Patrick C. Lee, Farhad Sani, Michelle Antonette Brown, David L. Levin, Giovanna Casola · 发表于：Radiology · 年份：2005 · DOI：10.1148/radiol.2372041741 · 被引用次数：176 · 研究领域：Radiation Dose and Imaging、Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes、Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

PURPOSE: To retrospectively determine the frequency and spectrum of findings and recommendations reported with whole-body computed tomographic (CT) screening at a community screening center. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This HIPAA-compliant study received institutional review board approval, with waiver of informed consent. The radiologic reports of 1192 consecutive patients who underwent whole-body CT screening of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis at an outpatient imaging center from January to June 2000 were reviewed. Scans were obtained with electron-beam CT without oral or intravenous contrast material. Reported imaging findings and recommendations were retrospectively tabulated and assigned scores. Descriptive statistics were used (means, standard deviations, and percentages); comparisons between subgroups were performed with univariate analysis of variance and chi(2) or Fisher exact tests. RESULTS: Screening was performed in 1192 patients (mean age, 54 years). Sixty-five percent (774 of 1192) were men and 35% (418 of 1192) were women. Nine hundred three (76%) of 1192 patients were self referred, and 1030 (86%) of 1192 subjects had at least one abnormal finding described in the whole-body CT screening report. There were a total of 3361 findings, with a mean of 2.8 per patient. Findings were described most frequently in the spine (1065 [32%] of 3361), abdominal blood vessels (561 [17%] of 3361), lungs (461 [14%] of 3361), kidneys (353 [11%] of 3361), and liver (183 [5%] of 3361). ...