Ultrasound of the pediatric appendix

Appendicitis is the most common pediatric surgical emergency. Ultrasound (US) receives the highest appropriate rating scale in children with right lower quadrant pain suspected to have appendicitis. The US exam of the appendix has improved since Puylaert pioneered the technique of graded compression...

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Published inPediatric radiology Vol. 47; no. 9; pp. 1091 - 1100
Main Authors Gongidi, Preetam, Bellah, Richard D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2017
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Abdominal Pain - diagnostic imaging
Appendicitis
Appendicitis - diagnostic imaging
Appendix
Appendix - anatomy & histology
Appendix - diagnostic imaging
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Compression
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Image acquisition
Imaging
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neuroradiology
Nuclear Medicine
Oncology
Optimization
Pain
Pediatric Ultrasound
Pediatrics
Radiology
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonography - methods
Ultrasound
Appendicitis
Perforation
Children
Normal
Reporting
Ultrasound
Appendix
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Summary:Appendicitis is the most common pediatric surgical emergency. Ultrasound (US) receives the highest appropriate rating scale in children with right lower quadrant pain suspected to have appendicitis. The US exam of the appendix has improved since Puylaert pioneered the technique of graded compression in 1986. In this article, we review ultrasonography of the pediatric appendix as it pertains to the normal appendix, acute appendicitis and the different sonographic manifestations. We also briefly describe technical optimization of image acquisition, common pitfalls and differential diagnoses.
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ISSN:0301-0449
1432-1998
DOI:10.1007/s00247-017-3928-4