Sonography of ruptured appendicitis
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Sonography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
Acute appendicitis can be a diagnostic dilemma. The classic triad of leukocytosis, pain at McBurney's point and a history compatible with appendicitis has a diagnostic accuracy rate of only 80 percent. Ultrasonography, combined with this triad, can improve the diagnostic accuracy, decreasing the negative laparotomy rate from 20 percent to less than 10 percent.
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastrointestinal Radiology
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0364-2356,1432-0509
DOI: 10.1007/bf02035110