TY - JOUR
T1 - Why we miss the diagnosis of appendicitis on abdominal CT
T2 - Evaluation of imaging features of appendicitis incorrectly diagnosed on CT
AU - Levine, Charles D.
AU - Aizenstein, Orna
AU - Lehavi, Ofer
AU - Blachar, Aryeh
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - OBJECTIVE. Our purpose was to retrospectively evaluate the cases of patients with surgically proven appendicitis that was misdiagnosed on abdominal CT to determine the causes of the missed diagnosis. CONCLUSION. Increased awareness of the underlying factors common to most cases of the missed diagnosis of appendicitis on CT and increased radiologic vigilance in cases of atypical abdominal pain may enable us to further improve our diagnostic accuracy.
AB - OBJECTIVE. Our purpose was to retrospectively evaluate the cases of patients with surgically proven appendicitis that was misdiagnosed on abdominal CT to determine the causes of the missed diagnosis. CONCLUSION. Increased awareness of the underlying factors common to most cases of the missed diagnosis of appendicitis on CT and increased radiologic vigilance in cases of atypical abdominal pain may enable us to further improve our diagnostic accuracy.
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U2 - 10.2214/ajr.184.3.01840855
DO - 10.2214/ajr.184.3.01840855
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C2 - 15728609
AN - SCOPUS:16244400453
VL - 184
SP - 855
EP - 859
JO - American Journal of Roentgenology
JF - American Journal of Roentgenology
SN - 0361-803X
IS - 3
ER -