Computed tomography of gangrenous appendicitis

P D Clarke

doi:10.1097/00004728-198711000-00036

Computed tomography of gangrenous appendicitis

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1987 Nov-Dec;11(6):1081-2. doi: 10.1097/00004728-198711000-00036.

Author

P D Clarke¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.

PMID: 3680697
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-198711000-00036

Abstract

In a case of gangrene, CT demonstrated a thin-walled appendix, dilated with gas. Such a presentation has not previously been described in the CT literature.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adult
Appendicitis / complications
Appendicitis / diagnostic imaging*
Appendicitis / pathology
Appendix / diagnostic imaging
Appendix / pathology
Gangrene
Humans
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*