TY - JOUR ID - 96271 TI - Utility of Trans-Abdominal Ultrasonography for Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Reflux (GERD) Induced by Esophagitis JO - Journal of Iranian Medical Council JA - JIMC LA - en SN - 2645-338X AU - Aghaghazvini, Leila AU - Rahimi, Ali AU - Pourshams, Akram AU - Sharifian, Hashem AD - Department of Radiology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Gastroenterology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Radiology, Amir Alam Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 2 IS - 4 SP - 80 EP - 85 KW - Endoscopy KW - Esophagitis KW - Gastroesophageal reflux KW - Ultrasonography DO - N2 - Background: Gastroesophageal reflux disease is one of the most common diseases in adults. Ultrasonography (US) is a noninvasive and reliable diagnostic tool for the disease at least in infants but the diagnostic value in adults has not been evaluated well.Methods: A total of 72 patients complaining form gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms who have undergone upper endoscopy were recruited for this study. In abdominal sonography, the following variables were measured or observed: esophageal wall thickness at gastroesophageal junction, AP diameter of esophagus at hiatus and gastroesophageal junction, abdominal esophagus length, funnel shape esophagus and presence of reflux after drinking a glass of water.Results: Among all variables, only the presence of reflux in sonography was significantly related to the positive endoscopic findings with a sensitivity of 45% and specificity of 86%. Conclusion: Sonography can predict induced esophagitis by gastroesophageal reflux disease induced. UR - http://www.jimc.ir/article_96271.html L1 - http://www.jimc.ir/article_96271_d0293933c58cba068ec46f0b6d3604ce.pdf ER -