Appendicitis x ray

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farwa Haideri [2]

Overview

X-rays are not the most useful tool in diagnosing appendicitis and should not be routinely obtained in a person being evaluated for appendicitis.

X-Ray

• Plain abdominal radiography (PAR) is not the most useful tool in making a diagnosis of appendicitis.
• Plain abdominal films may be useful for the detection of ureteral calculi, small bowel obstruction, or perforated ulcer, but these conditions are rarely confused with appendicitis.
• An opaque fecalith can be identified in the right lower quadrant in less than 5% of persons being evaluated for appendicitis.

Presentations of appendicolith.
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