Clinical and imaging mimickers of acute appendicitis in the pediatric population.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to present the imaging appearance of common mimickers of appendicitis in children with right lower quadrant pain.


CONCLUSIONS
The majority of children who undergo imaging for suspected appendicitis will end up having an alternative diagnosis. These mimickers can be gastrointestinal, genitourinary, or pulmonary. Familiarity with these alternative diagnoses can aid in the challenging task of imaging right lower quadrant pain in the pediatric population.
Sung
Tammy
T
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. tsung@partners.org
Callahan
Michael J
MJ
Taylor
George A
GA
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D052776:Female Urogenital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D052801:Male Urogenital Diseases; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography