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Appendicitis and beyond: a pictorial review of various appendiceal abnormalities
- Source :
- Emergency Radiology.
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Acute appendicitis is the most common disease of the appendix. However, the differential diagnosis for an abnormal appendix includes other conditions that often present with symptoms and imaging features that overlap with acute appendicitis. In this pictorial essay, we review the normal anatomy of the appendix and outline the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and imaging findings that are characteristic of acute appendicitis and other less common appendiceal abnormalities. Inflammatory/non-neoplastic processes including appendiceal diverticulitis, stump appendicitis, foreign body appendicitis, Crohn's appendicitis, and appendiceal hernias are discussed. Neoplastic considerations include appendiceal neuroendocrine tumors, mucinous and non-mucinous (colonic type) epithelial neoplasms, and lymphoma. It is important for the radiologist to be able to differentiate these alternative diagnoses for the purpose of directing appropriate patient management.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Normal anatomy
Common disease
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
Neuroendocrine tumors
Diverticulitis
medicine.disease
digestive system diseases
Appendicitis
Appendix
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
03 medical and health sciences
surgical procedures, operative
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Emergency Medicine
Medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Radiology
Differential diagnosis
Foreign body
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14381435 and 10703004
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Emergency Radiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........6bb0797851109035652e519006830244