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Sonography of Appendicitis: A Review

Melanie Gisler, RDMS

Glenn Rouse, MD

Diagnostic Ultrasound Department, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California.

Marie DeLange, BS, RDMS

Diagnostic Ultrasound Department, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92354.

Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of emergency abdominal surgery. A review of recent literature utilizing sonography for evaluation of appendicitis demonstrates a range of specificity from 95% to 100% and sensitivity of 80% to 89%. Using sonography to assess a patient for appendicitis may assist in differentiating this entity from an ovulating patient thus reducing false-positive surgeries.

Key Words: appendicitis • appendix • US examination

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Vol. 5, No. 2, 57-60 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/875647938900500205
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