Sonographic appearance of an appendiceal diverticulum.
The increasing use of sonography for evaluating acute abdomen has brought greater recognition of appendicular abnormalities. We present an incidental finding of an appendiceal diverticulum during a sonographic examination of a 4-year-old child with acute appendicitis. Abdominal sonography showed an enlarged, swollen appendix with a diameter of 1.1 cm and a small, fingerlike lateral projection approximately 2.0 cm from its tip. The specimen, resected during an appendectomy, was 5.5 cm long and 1.0 cm in diameter and had a 0.3-cm outpouching. Microscopic examination revealed a pseudodiverticulum composed of mucosa and muscularis mucosa.
Konen
Osnat
O
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Kfar Saba 44281, Israel.
Edelstein
Evgeny
E
Osadchi
Alexandra
A
Shapiro
Myra
M
Rathaus
Valeria
V
D000208:Acute Disease; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001065:Appendix; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography