MRI for First-Line Evaluation of Children Suspected of Having Acute Appendicitis
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Sonography as the first line of evaluation in children with suspected acute appendicitis.
cute appendicitis is the most common cause of abdominal pain requiring urgent surgery in children and is a true gastrointestinal emergency.1 The diagnosis is suspected and made primarily on the basis of clinical findings. Classically, these clinical findings consist of periumbilical pain migrating to the right lower quadrant, accompanied by fever and leukocytosis. However, the classic signs are...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0033-8419,1527-1315
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2019190056