Perforated appendix presenting with disproportionate jejunal distention.
Six cases of perforated appendix are presented in whom there was disproportionate gas distention of the jejunum without other radiographic signs of appendicitis. This appearance tended to divert one's attention from the offending cause in the right lower abdomen.
D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007583:Jejunum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous