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Year :2012
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Month :
June
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Volume :
1
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Issue :
1
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Page :
17 - 20
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Imaging of Appendicitis with
Appendicoliths
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Correspondence Address :
Sushil. G. Kachewar, Devidas. S. Kulkarni,
Dr. Sushil Kachewar, MD, DNB (Radio-diagnosis) Associate
Professor, Rural Medical College, PIMS, Loni, India
Ph: 9921160357
Email- sushilkachewar@hotmail.com
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Introduction: Appendicitis is one of the commonest causes of acute abdomen all over the world. It is interesting to note that, differences in incidences, sex, age, and seasonal variations have been reported widely. Doubtlessly, it is a surgical disease.
It is etiologically multi-factorial. Advances in diagnosis and treatment, however, has not been matched by advances in etiological understanding. Many questions still remain unanswered like why does it show a familial tendency? Why is it more common in the black races? Why is it lenient on females? Does good hygiene improves your chances of getting appendicitis?
Most central to the enigma called ‘Appendicitis’ is the accurate imaging based diagnosis so that the further proceedings can be done to relieve the patient of pain and recurrence. Ultrasound of right iliac fossa in right hands, Computerized Tomography (CT) scan and even Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan demonstrate an inflamed appendix. Calcifications fit in this picture in the form of Calcified Appendicoliths that block the lumen of appendix and give birth to an initially obstructive but later inflammatory process; which if not treated at correct time might even cause complications like perforation and even death.
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