Transabdominal Ultrasound of the Stomach in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia: A Review

Transabdominal Ultrasound of the Stomach in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia: A Review

Dyspepsia is a very common condition worldwide and has an immense impact on quality of life. Functional dyspepsia (FD) is defined by dyspeptic symptoms with the absence of any structural abnormality that can explain the cause. Ultrasonography (US) is a non-invasive imaging modality that can be appli...

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Published in:Diagnostics (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 19; p. 2193
Main Authors: Roopan, Sangeeta, Gilja, Odd Helge
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 30-09-2024
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Subjects:
Care and treatment
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Clinical medicine
Dyspepsia
Endoscopy
Food
functional dyspepsia
gastric imaging
Irritable bowel syndrome
Magnetic resonance imaging
Meals
Pathogenesis
Pathophysiology
Patients
Radiation
Review
Scintigraphy
Stomach
Tomography
Ultrasonic imaging
ultrasonography
Ultrasound imaging
Norway
Japan
stomach
functional dyspepsia
gastric imaging
ultrasonography
dyspepsia
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Summary:Dyspepsia is a very common condition worldwide and has an immense impact on quality of life. Functional dyspepsia (FD) is defined by dyspeptic symptoms with the absence of any structural abnormality that can explain the cause. Ultrasonography (US) is a non-invasive imaging modality that can be applied to assess gastric function. The aim of this review paper is to assess how ultrasonography can sort out patients with dyspepsia and help diagnose functional dyspepsia. Using the keywords "functional dyspepsia" and "ultrasonography", the PubMed database was screened for publications on the use of ultrasonography to identify functional dyspepsia. Afterward, two screening processes were performed to narrow the articles down to a rational number. A total of 169 articles were obtained from the literature search, and 31 of these were included after the screening process. Ultrasonography was capable of identifying functional dyspepsia pathophysiology using both two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound. We conclude that ultrasonography is a non-invasive, safe, low-cost, and widely accessible method that can help diagnose functional dyspepsia through the exclusion of organic dyspepsia and assessing FD pathophysiology. Incorporation of ultrasound in the work-up of patients with functional dyspepsia allows for a sound diagnostic approach and can further improve patient management.
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ISSN:2075-4418
2075-4418
DOI:10.3390/diagnostics14192193