MRI for Clinically Suspected Appendicitis During Pregnancy
- 1 September 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Roentgen Ray Society in American Journal of Roentgenology
- Vol. 183 (3) , 671-675
- https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.183.3.1830671
Abstract
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether MRI can be used to accurately diagnose or exclude appendicitis in pregnant patients with clinically suspected appendicitis.CONCLUSION. Our results suggest that MRI is helpful in the examination and diagnosis of acute appendicitis in pregnant patients. MRI may therefore be a good alternative to CT in pregnant patients for whom sonographic findings are nondiagnostic.Keywords
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