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SONOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS - INTERPRETIVE PITFALLS AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY Jeffrey, R. B., Jain, K. A., Nghiem, H. V. 1994; 162 (1): 55-59

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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