Presentation
Right lower quadrant pain
Patient Data
Age: 40 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Acute appendicitis
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Elongated fluid-filled appendix having thick enhancing walls with periappendicular fat stranding in the right iliac fossa region.
Minimal periappendicular fluid. No appendicolith seen.
Multiple gallbladder calculi seen - cholelithiasis.
Small simple left renal cortical cyst.
Case Discussion
CT scan plays a crucial role and has high sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of appendicitis and related complications.
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