Abstract
Appendicitis is the most common surgical cause of acute abdominal pain in the pediatric
population. Several conditions can mimic the clinical presentation of appendicitis,
leaving imaging as an essential modality to uncover the etiology, yet under certain
circumstances, it can be misleading. Here, we present three cases where findings on
multidetector computerized tomography scans supported the diagnosis of appendicitis,
yet an alternate cause was found. These cases highlight a particular pitfall of satisfaction
of search.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 02, 2009
Accepted:
January 14,
2009
Received:
November 1,
2008
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© 2009 Elsevier Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
