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Gas-filled appendix: lack of diagnostic specificity

Author(s) -

Lim Ms

Publication year - 1977

Publication title -

american journal of roentgenology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294

H-Index - 196

eISSN - 1546-3141

pISSN - 0361-803X

DOI - 10.2214/ajr.128.2.209

Subject(s) - medicine , appendix , appendicitis , acute appendicitis , radiology , quadrant (abdomen) , sign (mathematics) , clinical significance , diagnostic test , general surgery , surgery , pediatrics , paleontology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , biology

Three patients with a gas-filled appendix in association with acute abdominal symptoms are described. In each case the gas-filled appendix was located in the right lower quadrant. None of the patients had appendicitis. It is emphasized that this combination of findings is not neccessarily diagnostic of appendicitis. Clinical evaluation is important in assessing the significance of this sign.

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