Suspicion of appendicitis in pregnant women: emergency evaluation by sonography and low-dose CT with oral contrast

Poletti, Pierre-Alexandre Alois; Botsikas, Diomidis; Becker, Minerva; Picarra, Marlise; Rutschmann, Olivier Thierry; Buchs, Nicolas C.; Zaidi, Habib; Platon, Alexandra

doi:10.1007/s00330-018-5573-1

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Suspicion of appendicitis in pregnant women: emergency evaluation by sonography and low-dose CT with oral contrast

ContributorsPoletti, Pierre-Alexandre Alois; Botsikas, Diomidis; Becker, Minerva; Picarra, Marlise; Rutschmann, Olivier Thierry; Buchs, Nicolas C.; Zaidi, Habib

; Platon, Alexandra

Published inEuropean Radiology, vol. 29, no. 1, p. 345-352

Publication date2019

Abstract

To evaluate non-intravenously enhanced low-dose computed tomography with oral contrast (LDCT) for the assessment of pregnant women with right lower quadrant pain, when magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is not immediately available.

Keywords

Acute Disease
Administration, Oral
Adolescent
Adult
Algorithms
Appendicitis/diagnosis
Contrast Media/administration & dosage
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications/diagnosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods
Ultrasonography/methods
Young Adult

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POLETTI, Pierre-Alexandre Alois et al. Suspicion of appendicitis in pregnant women: emergency evaluation by sonography and low-dose CT with oral contrast. In: European Radiology, 2019, vol. 29, n° 1, p. 345–352. doi: 10.1007/s00330-018-5573-1

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PID : unige:106979
DOI : 10.1007/s00330-018-5573-1
PMID : 29948087

Commercial URLhttp://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00330-018-5573-1

ISSN of the journal0938-7994

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Suspicion of appendicitis in pregnant women: emergency evaluation by sonography and low-dose CT with oral contrast

To evaluate non-intravenously enhanced low-dose computed tomography with oral contrast (LDCT) for the assessment of pregnant women with right lower quadrant pain, when magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is not immediately available.

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