File:Acute appendicitis (Radiopaedia 77016-88960 Axial C+ portal venous phase 44).jpg

Summary:

• Radiopaedia case ID: 77016
• Image ID: 52534050
• Image stack position: 44/164
• Plane projection: Axial
• Aux modality: C+ portal venous phase
• Modality: CT
• System: Gastrointestinal
• Findings: The appendix is dilated to 24 mm. The wall is thickened and there is surrounding fat stranding, focal fluid and thickening of the adjacent parietal peritoneum. Two appendicoliths can be identified, one at the base of the appendix and the other at the tip. There is no abscess formation and no free intra-abdominal gas. The cecal wall is thickened. Secondary findings are a colonic diverticulosis.
• Published: 4th May 2020
• Source: https://radiopaedia.org/cases/acute-appendicitis-67
• Author: Muhammad Taha Hagar
• Permission: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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