RUPTURED PELVIC APPENDIX DIAGNOSED BY TRANSVAGINAL SONOGRAPHY
作者:
Joan Wojak,
M. Clayton,
Thomas Nolan,
期刊:
Obstetrics & Gynecology
(OVID Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 84,
issue 4, Part 1
页码: 706-707
ISSN:0029-7844
年代: 1994
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Background: Appendicitis in a pelvic appendix can be difficult to diagnose. Transvaginal sonography may help to visualize an inflamed pelvic appendix.Case: A 31-year-old woman presented to the hospital with symptoms suggestive of pelvic inflammatory disease. Transabdominal ultrasound, useful in the diagnosis of appendicitis, showed a mass between the uterus and the right ovary. Transvaginal ultrasound clarified the finding as a bulbous fluid-filled structure extending into the cul-de-sac. The structure was diagnosed as an inflamed appendix. Laparoscopic appendectomy was performed, and the patient had an uneventful recovery.Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first case of appendicitis diagnosed with transvaginal sonography. Transvaginal sonography can delineate the features of an inflamed pelvic appendix and help to narrow the diagnostic possibilities in symptomatic women of childbearing age.
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