Presentation
Acute onset right iliac fossa pain
Patient Data
Age: 35 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Acute appendicitis
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Inflamed thickened appendix with average caliber of 11 mm. Mild periappendiceal fat stranding. Normal study of the rest of the bowel. Three to four subcentimetric ileocolic lymph nodes
Case Discussion
Dirty periappendiceal fat and a thickened appendix is easily demonstrated in this non-contrast study. Quite often a plain CT abdomen suffices to diagnose appendicitis, and also other local causes of right iliac fossa pain.