Saline-filled appendiceal ultrasonography in clinically equivocal acute appendicitis
| Autor: | Cheolmin Park, I. H. Cha, Sang Hoon Cha, Won Hyuck Suh, E. S. Lee, Jin Hee Kim, S. H. Kim, Kyoo Byung Chung |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Urology medicine.medical_treatment Sodium Chloride Polyethylene Glycols Electrolytes Internal medicine medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Saline Ultrasonography Radiological and Ultrasound Technology business.industry Gastroenterology General Medicine Hepatology medicine.disease Appendicitis Appendix Surgery Solutions medicine.anatomical_structure Acute appendicitis Acute Disease Female Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | Abdominal imaging. 21(6) |
| ISSN: | 0942-8925 |
| Popis: | To establish the value of saline-filled appendiceal ultrasonography in the the diagnosis of clinically equivocal acute appendicitis.Saline-filled ultrasonography was performed in 43 patients with an equivocal clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis.Sonography diagnosed 31 of 32 patients without acute appendicitis (97%). A normal appendix was visualized in 15 patients (47%), and we identified a normal appendix in 15 of 22 patients (68%) in whom the colon was cleansed with Golytely(R). Sonography diagnosed 10 of 11 patients with acute appendicitis (91%). In three of 10 patients, the findings corresponded to sonographic pitfalls.Saline-filled appendiceal ultrasonography enables the detection of a normal appendix and may overcome sonographic pitfalls in acute appendicitis. |
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