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Ascending Retrocecal Appendicitis

Sooah Kim, Hyo Keun Lim, Ji Yeon Lee, Jongmee Lee, Min Ju Kim, and Soon Jin Lee

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography · 2006 · 48 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

More than half of patients with ascending retrocecal appendicitis presented with atypical clinical presentation. At CT, ascending retrocecal appendicitis was associated with a high incidence of retroperitoneal inflammatory changes and appendiceal perforation.

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