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Fig. 9 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 9

From: Predictive ability of CT findings in the differentiation of complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis: a retrospective investigation of 201 patients undergone appendectomy at initial admission

Fig. 9

Periappendiceal air and fluid. Axial CT images of two different patients show extraluminal air within mesoappendix (arrow in a) and extraluminal periappendiceal fluid (arrow in b). The former patient is a 73-year-old man who presents with abdominal pain and fever, slightly elevated white blood cell counts (11,370 cells/mm3) and neutrophilia (88.0% neutrophils). The latter is a 39-year-old-man presenting with right lower abdominal pain for 1 day, elevated white blood cell counts (17,100 cells/mm3) and neutrophilia (86.8% neutrophils). Both have a confirmed diagnosis of perforated appendicitis

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