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CT in appendicitis

Athanasios N. Chalazonitis1, Ioanna Tzovara4, Eleni Sammouti2, Nikolaos Ptohis3, Evangelia Sotiropoulou3, Eliza Protoppapa1, Vassilios Nikolaou5, Abraham A. Ghiatas4

1From the Departments of Radiology, Hippocration General Hospital Athens, Greece 2From the Departments of Radiology, Agios Savvas General Hospital Athens, Greece 3From the Departments of Radiology, Alexandra General Hospital Athens, Greece 4From the Departments of Radiology, IASO General Hospital Athens, Greece 5From the Departments of Radiology, Laiko General Hospital Athens, Greece

Keywords: • appendix • appendicitis • computed tomography

Appendicitis is the most common abdominal emergency occurring in 7%–12% of the population. The aim of this article was to pictorially present the spectrum of appendix and acute appendicitis appearances on computed tomography (CT). The various appearances on CT of the normal appendix are shown as well as the CT criteria for the differentiation of perforated and non-perforated appendicitis.

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