Difficulties in the diagnosis of appendicitis: review of CT and US images
- 3 August 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Emergency Radiology
- Vol. 14 (5) , 289-295
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-007-0658-1
Abstract
To determine the reasons for missing a distended appendix, we discuss cases of acute appendicitis in which either or both computed tomography (CT) and/or ultrasonography (US) initially failed to detect distended appendix. In some cases, distended appendices that were undetected on US were easily detected by CT, and vice versa. Failure to detect a distended appendix does not always eliminate the possibility of acute appendicitis.Keywords
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