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ACUTE APPENDICITIS IN CHILDREN: WHEN DOES ULTRASOUND HELP?
Author(s) -
Zaki Ahmed M.,
MacMahon Robert A.,
Gray Anthony R.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1994.tb02060.x
Subject(s) - medicine , acute appendicitis , appendix , appendicitis , pathological , ultrasound , radiology , general surgery , pathology , paleontology , biology
Fifty‐six patients with possible appendicitis were evaluated clinically and by ultrasound. Ultrasound examination visualized the appendix in 18 of the patients evaluated and showed another pathology in six others. It was useful when the clinical picture was not clear (25 patients) as it showed an inflamed appendix in 10 patients. This was of particular value when there was another critical illness making clinical evaluation difficult (three patients), and for the diagnosis of other unsuspected pathological conditions (six patients). It did not affect the line of management when the clinical picture was clear enough to diagnose or exclude acute appendicitis.