The challenging ultrasound diagnosis of perforated appendicitis in children: constellations of sonographic findings improve specificity

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 820-830

  Tulin Silver, Sheryl ^a   Babb, James ^a   Pinkney, Lynne ^a   Strubel, Naomi ^a   Lala, Shailee ^a   Milla, Sarah S ^b   Tomita, Sandra ^a   Fefferman, Nancy R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Appendix; Children; Perforated appendicitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84930082022     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-014-3232-5     Document Type: Article

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