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MR imaging of the normal appendix and acute appendicitis by Norihisa Nitta; Masashi Takahashi; Akira Furukawa; Kiyoshi Murata; Masayuki Mori; Masanobu Fukushima is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract ## Purpose To describe the MR appearance of the normal appendix and the MR imaging characteristics of acute appendicitis with correlation to pathological severity. ## Materials and Methods A total of 20 volunteers participated in this study to demonstrate normal appendices by MR imaging. A total of 37 consecutive patients with clinically diagnosed acute appendicitis were also scanned. T1‐weighted (T1WI) spin‐echo images, T2‐weighted (T2WI) fast spin‐echo, and fat‐suppressed spectral presaturation inversion recovery T2‐weighted (T2SPIR) fast spin‐echo images were obtained. The MR criteria for considering acute appendicitis were as follows: 1) thickening of the appendiceal wall with high intensity on T2WI or T2SPIR; 2) dilated lumen filled with high intensity material on T2WI or T2SPIR; and 3) increased intensity of periappendiceal tissue on T2WI or T2SPIR. ## Results The visibility of a normal appendix on MR imaging was 90% (18/20). It appeared as a cord‐like structure of medium intensity without fluid collection in the lumen. A total of 30 cases with clinically diagnosed acute appendicitis had positive MR findings and all except one were pathologically proven. The one h
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- Author
- Norihisa Nitta; Masashi Takahashi; Akira Furukawa; Kiyoshi Murata; Masayuki Mori; Masanobu Fukushima
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1053-1807)
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)