title: Pelvic inflammatory disease with periappendicitis in a pediatric patient.
abstract: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is generally a disease of young, sexually active patients. However, there have been few reports of computed tomography (CT) and the histopathologic findings of periappendicitis with PID in children. We present a case of PID with periappendicitis in a 12-year-old girl. Her CT findings are described, and the histopathologic findings of periappendicitis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan. skur@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kurata
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.forename: Toshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Naofumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayabuchi
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D012700:Serositis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media