Roentgenographic findings in acute appendicitis
10.3348/jkrs.1982.18.1.95
- Author:
Hea Sang JEON
;
Kyung Sook AHN
;
Ok KIM
;
Jin Woo JUNG
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Abdomen, Acute;
Abdominal Pain;
Age Distribution;
Appendicitis;
Appendix;
Barium;
Diverticulum;
Enema;
Female;
Humans;
Ileus;
Male;
Pathology;
Reflex;
Scoliosis;
Young Adult
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1982;18(1):95-105
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Appendicitis is one of the most common condition causing an acute abdomen in young adult population. Two-hundreds and fifty-nine cases of acute appendicitis provened by surgery and pathology during recent 2 years in Han-ll Hospital were studied and analyzed by preoperative plain abdominal X-ray. One case of barium enema was also done. The results were as follows; 1. Male fo female sex ration was 1:1. 2. In age distribution, the most commonage group was from two to four decade. (75.3%) 3. The most common clinical symptom was classical abdominal pain as86.5%. 4. The positive radiographic findings were obtained 75.7% of all cases. 5. Common radiographic findings as follows; 1) Reflex ileus on RLQ (73.7%) 2) Obliteration of Rt. psoas line (41.3%) 3) Scoliosis of lumbar spine(21.2%) 6. The most common site of appendix was retrocecal in position. (84.2%) 7. One case of appendicolith and one case of appendiceal diverticulum were demonstrated.
