Pelvic inflammatory disease with periappendicitis in a pediatric patient

Seiji Kurata; Masafumi Uchida; Masahiro Arakawa; Toshi Abe; Masatoshi Ishibashi; Naofumi Hayabuchi

doi:10.1007/s11604-007-0118-6

Pelvic inflammatory disease with periappendicitis in a pediatric patient

Radiat Med. 2007 May;25(4):178-80. doi: 10.1007/s11604-007-0118-6. Epub 2007 May 28.

Authors

Seiji Kurata¹, Masafumi Uchida, Masahiro Arakawa, Toshi Abe, Masatoshi Ishibashi, Naofumi Hayabuchi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 17514369
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-007-0118-6

Abstract

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is generally a disease of young, sexually active patients. However, there have been few reports of computed tomography (CT) and the histopathologic findings of periappendicitis with PID in children. We present a case of PID with periappendicitis in a 12-year-old girl. Her CT findings are described, and the histopathologic findings of periappendicitis are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / etiology
Appendicitis / diagnosis*
Appendicitis / etiology*
Appendicitis / surgery
Child
Contrast Media / administration & dosage
Diagnosis, Differential
Escherichia coli
Female
Humans
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / complications*
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / diagnosis*
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / microbiology
Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods
Serositis / complications
Serositis / diagnosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

Substances

Contrast Media