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Sonographic diagnosis of acute appendicitis: interpretive pitfalls
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Sonographic diagnosis of acute appendicitis: interpretive pitfalls
AJR Am J Roentgenol.
1994 Jan.
Abstract
Graded compression sonography has proven to be of significant clinical value in the assessment of patients with right lower quadrant pain and possible appendicitis [1-3]. Despite its proven utility, a number of imaging pitfalls must be kept in mind when sonograms of the right lower quadrant are interpreted. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to illustrate a number of important limitations and areas of interpretive difficulty in sonography for appendicitis.
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