Imaging of acute right lower abdominal quadrant pain.
This article reviews the clinical diagnosis of appendicitis, indications and options for appendiceal imaging, compares appendiceal CT techniques, and describes the imaging findings with appendicitis and alternative conditions that can clinically mimic appendicitis.
Rao
P M
PM
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA.
Boland
G W
GW
D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
D003287:Contrast Media; D001466:Barium Sulfate