R. Mund ( Leipzig )  

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12 Years  

Female  

GI-Large intestine  

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12 year-old girl with abdominal complaints. Fever >39°C, headaches. Posttraumatic hydrocephalus, ventriculoperitoneal drainage.  

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Ultrasound 1: Shown here is the sonographically morphological unremarkable appendix veriformis longitudinally. It is in increased intra-abdominal fluid, which is typical for children with peritoneal shunts. There are no changes in the intestinal wall, no intramural lymph follicles, no hyperperfusion, and no thickening of the walls.




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Ultrasound 2: Appendix vermiformis transverse



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Ultrasound 3: Appendix vermiformis longitudinal with neighboring iliac vessels and the psoas muscle.

 

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Appendix vermiformis, vermiform appendix, normal appendix vermiformis, abdominal pain, fever, headaches, child, childhood, pediatric radiology  

R Mund. Appendix vermiformis (normal finding). PedRad [serial online] vol 2, no. 8.
URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020813111930