title: Computed tomography of gangrenous appendicitis.
abstract: In a case of gangrene, CT demonstrated a thin-walled appendix, dilated with gas. Such a presentation has not previously been described in the CT literature.
authors: Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
authors: P D
authors: PD
authors: Clarke
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001065:Appendix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed