Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound, Table of Contents Ultraschall Med 2006; 27(5): 412-432DOI: 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 Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article Key words appendix - appendicitis - ultrasound Full Text References References 1 Birnbaum B A, Wilson S R. Appendicitis at the Millenium. Radiology. 2000; 215 337-348 2 Puylaert J BCM. Acute appendicitis: US evaluation using graded compression. Radiology. 1986; 158 355-360 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 4 Braun B, Blank W. Ultraschall-Diagnostik der akuten Appendizitis. Ultraschall in Med. 1989; 10 170-176 5 Hahn H, Höpner F, v K alle T. et al . Appendizitis im Kindesalter. Radiologe. 1997; 37 454-458 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 7 Yacoe M E, Jeffrey R B Jr. Sonography of appendicitis and diverticulitis. Radiol Clin North Am. 1994; 32 899-912 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 9 Sivit C J. Imaging children with acute right lower quadrant pain. Clin North Am. 1997; 44 575-589 10 Savrin R A, Clausen K, Martin E W Jr. et al . Chronic and recurrent appendicitis. Am J Surg. 1979; 137 355-357 11 Becker K, Höfler H. Pathologie der Appendizitis. Chirurg. 2002; 73 777-781 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 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 14 Rioux M. Sonographic detection of the normal and abnormal appendix. Am J Roentgenol. 1992; 158 773-778 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 16 Rettenbacher T, Hollerweger A, Macheiner P. et al . Die Sonographie der normalen Appendix vermiformis. Ultraschall in Med. 1997; 18 139-142 17 Simonovsky V. Sonographic detection of normal and abnormal appendix. Clin Radiol. 1999; 54 533-539 18 Lim H K, Lee W J, Kim T H. et al . Appendicitis: usefulness of color Doppler US. Radiology. 1996; 201 221-225 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 20 Birnbaum B A, Balthazar E J. CT of appendicitis and diverticulitis. Radiol Clin North Am. 1994; 32 885-898 21 Rao P M, Boland G W. Imaging of acute right lower quadrant pain. Clin Radiol. 1998; 53 639-649 22 Incesu L, Coskun A, Selcuk M B. et al . Acute appendicitis: MR Imaging and sonographic correlation. Am J Roentgenol. 1997; 168 669-674 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 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 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 26 Derchi L E, Serafini G, Gandolfo N. et al . Ultrasound in gynecology. Eur Radiol. 2001; 11 2137-2155 27 Hollerweger A, Macheiner P, Gritzmann N. Akute linksseitige Unterbauchschmerzen: Sonographische Differenzialdiagnose. Ultraschall in Med. 2003; 24 7-16 28 Kim Y S, Kim Y, Cho O K. et al . Sonography for right lower quadrant pain. J Clin Ultrasound. 2001; 29 157-185 29 Puylaert J BCM. Ultrasound of acute GI tract conditions. Eur Radiol. 2001; 11 1867-1877 30 Migraine S, Atri M, Bret P M. et al . Spontaneously resolving acute appendicitis: clinical and sonographic documentation. Radiology. 1997; 205 55-58 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
