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. 1994 Jan;162(1):55-9.
doi: 10.2214/ajr.162.1.8273690.

Sonographic diagnosis of acute appendicitis: interpretive pitfalls

R B Jeffrey  1 , K A Jain, H V Nghiem
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Sonographic diagnosis of acute appendicitis: interpretive pitfalls

R B Jeffrey et al. 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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