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  • 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.[1]
Presentations of appendicitis.[2]
Presentations of appendicitis.[2]









References

  1. Appendicitis. Wikipedia (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appendicitis#Clinical Accessed on January 29, 2016
  2. Image courtesy of A.Prof Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 5881 Radiopaedia (original file ‘’here’’). Creative Commons BY-SA-NC

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