Assessing the Accuracy of Contrast-Enhanced CT Abdomen in Identifying and Stratifying Risk of Oesophageal Varices in Cirrhotic Patients: A Retrospective Study
Contrast-enhanced CT has limited accuracy in detecting and grading OV compared to OGD, highlighting that OGD remains the preferred method for OV evaluation in patients with cirrhosis.
Authors
- Shashank Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8952-4737)
- Shivakumar Chitturi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2367-9859)
- Tarun Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2896-949X)
- Heidi L. Collins
Institutions
- Canberra Hospital (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.94163
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00