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Appendicitis in young children: imaging experience and clinical outcomes.

Rodriguez DP, Vargas S, Callahan MJ, Zurakowski D, Taylor GA

Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA.

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to evaluate the imaging characteristics and clinical outcomes of children less than 5 years old who underwent surgery for presumed appendicitis. CONCLUSION: Appendicitis is not rare in young children and imaging findings reflect the high frequency of perforation in this population.

Published 23 March 2006 in AJR Am J Roentgenol, 186(4): 1158-64.
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