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Ultrasound of the pediatric appendix

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Appendicitis is the most common pediatric surgical emergency. Ultrasound (US) receives the highest appropriate rating scale in children with right lower quadrant pain suspected to have appendicitis. The US exam of the appendix has improved since Puylaert pioneered the technique of graded compression in 1986. In this article, we review ultrasonography of the pediatric appendix as it pertains to the normal appendix, acute appendicitis and the different sonographic manifestations. We also briefly describe technical optimization of image acquisition, common pitfalls and differential diagnoses.

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  1. Department of Radiology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 3401 Civil Center Boulevard, Room #3W47, Main Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Preetam Gongidi & Richard D. Bellah

  2. Department of Radiology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 3401 Civil Center Boulevard, Room #3W12, Main Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Richard D. Bellah

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Gongidi, P., Bellah, R.D. Ultrasound of the pediatric appendix. Pediatr Radiol 47, 1091–1100 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-017-3928-4

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