title: MRI for clinically suspected appendicitis during pregnancy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether MRI can be used to accurately diagnose or exclude appendicitis in pregnant patients with clinically suspected appendicitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that MRI is helpful in the examination and diagnosis of acute appendicitis in pregnant patients. MRI may therefore be a good alternative to CT in pregnant patients for whom sonographic findings are nondiagnostic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medisch Centrum Haaglanden, Burgemeester Banninglaan 1, Leidschendam 2582HS, The Netherlands. lcobben@knmg.nl
authors.forename: Lodewijk P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Cobben
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Groot
authors.forename: Lucien
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Haans
authors.forename: Johan G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Blickman
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puylaert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results