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Sonographic appearance of an appendiceal diverticulum
Author(s) -
Konen Osnat,
Edelstein Evgeny,
Osadchi Alexandra,
Shapiro Myra,
Rathaus Valeria
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.10023
Subject(s) - medicine , appendix , diverticulum (mollusc) , abdomen , acute appendicitis , radiology , anatomy , appendicitis , acute abdomen , surgery , paleontology , biology
Abstract 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 diam‐eter of 1.1 cm and a small, fingerlike lateral projection approximately 2.0 cm from its tip. The specimen, re‐sected 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. © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 30:45–47, 2002.