Gul Sanam, Anashia Kayani, Zafar Amin, Raheel Khan, Najwa Zahoor, Tehmina Irshad, Zainab Shehzadi.
Diagnostic accuracy of contrast enhanced CT scan in diagnosing bronchogenic carcinoma, taking histopathology as gold standard.
Pak J Radiol Jan ;32(4):181-6.

Objectives: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of contrast enhanced CT scan in diagnosing bronchogenic carcinoma, taking histopathology as gold standard. Study design: Cross-sectional validation study. Setting: Department of Radiology, Armed Forces Institute of Radiology, Rawalpindi from 8 th December 2020 to 7 th June 2021 Methodology: A total of 148 patients with suspected bronchogenic carcinoma between 20-70 years of age were included. Patients with already taking treatment, CRF and h/o allergy to contrast agent were excluded. Then CT was performed on Toshiba Asteion Multi Slice Scanner with I/V contrast. CT scan findings were interpreted by one consultant radiologist (at least 5 years of experience) and was looked for bronchogenic carcinoma as per-operational definition. All patients were then undergone CT guided transthoracic biopsy of pulmonary lesions by the relevant interventional radiologist and specimen was sent to institutional pathology laboratory for histopathology. Results: Overall sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and diagnostic accuracy of contrast enhanced CT scan in diagnosing bronchogenic carcinoma, taking histopathology as gold standard was 94.32%, 91.67%, 94.32%, 91.67% and 93.24% respectively. Conclusion: This study concluded that the diagnostic accuracy of contrast enhanced CT scan in diagnosing bronchogenic carcinoma is very high.

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