Download PDF
Ultraschall Med 2006; 27(5): 412-432
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-927118-2
CME Fortbildung/Continuing Education

© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Acute Appendicitis: Sonographic Evaluation

A. Hollerweger1
  • 1Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, KH Barmherzige Brüder
Further Information

Publication History

eingereicht: 13.6.2006

akzeptiert: 20.6.2006

Publication Date:
12 December 2006 (online)

Also available at
    Permissions and Reprints

Key words

appendix - appendicitis - ultrasound

References

  • 1 Birnbaum B A, Wilson S R. Appendicitis at the Millenium.  Radiology. 2000;  215 337-348
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 2 Puylaert J BCM. Acute appendicitis: US evaluation using graded compression.  Radiology. 1986;  158 355-360
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 3 Schwerk W B, Wichtrup B, Rothmund M. et al . Ultrasonography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis: a prospective study.  Gastroenterology. 1989;  97 630-639
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 4 Braun B, Blank W. Ultraschall-Diagnostik der akuten Appendizitis.  Ultraschall in Med. 1989;  10 170-176
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 5 Hahn H, Höpner F, v K alle T. et al . Appendizitis im Kindesalter.  Radiologe. 1997;  37 454-458
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 6 Birnbaum B A, Jeffrey R B Jr. CT and sonographic evaluation of acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain.  Am J Roentgenol. 1998;  170 361-371
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 7 Yacoe M E, Jeffrey R B Jr. Sonography of appendicitis and diverticulitis.  Radiol Clin North Am. 1994;  32 899-912
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 8 Puylaert J BCM, Rutgers P H, Lalisang R I. et al . A prospective study of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of appendicitis.  N Engl J Med. 1987;  317 666-669
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 9 Sivit C J. Imaging children with acute right lower quadrant pain.  Clin North Am. 1997;  44 575-589
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 10 Savrin R A, Clausen K, Martin E W Jr. et al . Chronic and recurrent appendicitis.  Am J Surg. 1979;  137 355-357
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 11 Becker K, Höfler H. Pathologie der Appendizitis.  Chirurg. 2002;  73 777-781
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 12 Cobben L PJ, van Otterloo de Mol A, Puylaert J BCM. Spontaneously resolving appendicitis: frequency and natural history in 60 patients.  Radiology. 2000;  215 349-352
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 13 Uebel P, Weiss H, Trimborn C P. et al . Die sonographische Diagnostik der akuten Appendizitis - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer Methode - Ergebnisse prospektiver und retrospektiver klinischer Studien.  Ultraschall in Med. 1996;  17 100-105
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 14 Rioux M. Sonographic detection of the normal and abnormal appendix.  Am J Roentgenol. 1992;  158 773-778
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 15 Rettenbacher T, Hollerweger A, Macheiner P. et al . Outer diameter of the vermiform appendix as a sign of acute appendicitis: evaluation at US.  Radiology. 2001;  218 757-762
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 16 Rettenbacher T, Hollerweger A, Macheiner P. et al . Die Sonographie der normalen Appendix vermiformis.  Ultraschall in Med. 1997;  18 139-142
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 17 Simonovsky V. Sonographic detection of normal and abnormal appendix.  Clin Radiol. 1999;  54 533-539
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 18 Lim H K, Lee W J, Kim T H. et al . Appendicitis: usefulness of color Doppler US.  Radiology. 1996;  201 221-225
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 19 Rao P M, Rhea J T, Novelline R A. Sensitivity and specificity of the individual CT signs of appendicitis: experience with 200 helical appendiceal CT examinations.  J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1997;  21 686-692
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 20 Birnbaum B A, Balthazar E J. CT of appendicitis and diverticulitis.  Radiol Clin North Am. 1994;  32 885-898
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 21 Rao P M, Boland G W. Imaging of acute right lower quadrant pain.  Clin Radiol. 1998;  53 639-649
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 22 Incesu L, Coskun A, Selcuk M B. et al . Acute appendicitis: MR Imaging and sonographic correlation.  Am J Roentgenol. 1997;  168 669-674
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 23 van Breda Vriesman AC, Puylaert J BCM. Mimics of Appendicitis: alternative nonsurgical diagnoses with sonography and CT.  Am J Roentgenol. 2006;  186 1103-1112
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 24 Rippolles T, Martinez M J, Morote V. et al . Appendiceal involvement in Crohn’s disease: gray-scale sonography and color Doppler flow features.  Am J Roentgenol. 2006;  186 1071-1078
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 25 Sung T, Callahan M J, Taylor G A. Clinical and imaging mimickers of acute appendicitis in the pediatric population.  Am J Roentgenol. 2006;  186 67-74
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 26 Derchi L E, Serafini G, Gandolfo N. et al . Ultrasound in gynecology.  Eur Radiol. 2001;  11 2137-2155
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 27 Hollerweger A, Macheiner P, Gritzmann N. Akute linksseitige Unterbauchschmerzen: Sonographische Differenzialdiagnose.  Ultraschall in Med. 2003;  24 7-16
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 28 Kim Y S, Kim Y, Cho O K. et al . Sonography for right lower quadrant pain.  J Clin Ultrasound. 2001;  29 157-185
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 29 Puylaert J BCM. Ultrasound of acute GI tract conditions.  Eur Radiol. 2001;  11 1867-1877
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 30 Migraine S, Atri M, Bret P M. et al . Spontaneously resolving acute appendicitis: clinical and sonographic documentation.  Radiology. 1997;  205 55-58
    Search in Google Scholar

Dr. Alois Hollerweger

Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, KH Barmherzige Brüder

Kajetanerplatz 1

5020 Salzburg

Phone: ++43/6 62/80 88

Fax: ++43/6 62/8 08 85 26

Email: alois.hollerweger@bbsalz.at