title: Sonographic diagnosis of acute appendicitis: interpretive pitfalls.
abstract: Graded compression sonography has proven to be of significant clinical value in the assessment of patients with right lower quadrant pain and possible appendicitis [1-3]. Despite its proven utility, a number of imaging pitfalls must be kept in mind when sonograms of the right lower quadrant are interpreted. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to illustrate a number of important limitations and areas of interpretive difficulty in sonography for appendicitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, CA 94305.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Jeffrey
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Nghiem
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001065:Appendix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography