http://journals.bmsu.ac.

ir/ijtmgh
Int J Travel Med Glob Health. 2015;3(2):59-63

International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health doi: 10.20286/ijtmgh-030275

Original Article Open Access

Correlation between Clinical, Sonographic and Pathologic Findings

of Patients Undergoing Appendectomy

1. Department of Surgery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran

2. Department of Radiology, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
3. Department of Social Medicine, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
4. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Mahmoud Mobasheri, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of health,
Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Rahmatiyeh, Shahrekord, Iran
Email: mobasheri@skums.ac.ir
Abstract
 26. Doria AS, Moineddin R, Kellenberger CJ, Epelman M, Beyene J,
Schuh S, Babyn PS, Dick PT. US or CT for diagnosis of appendicitis
1. Jaffe MB, Berger HD. The Appendix. In: Brunicardi FC, editors.
in children and adults? A meta-analysis. Radiology. 2006;241:83-94.
Schwart’s Principle of Surgery. New York: Macgraz-Hill; 2010. p.
27. Balthazar EJ, Birnbaum BA, Yee J, Megibow AJ, Roshkow J, Gray
1073-93.
C. Acute appendicitis: CT and US correlation in 100 patients. Radi-
2. Goldin AB, Khanna P, Thapa M, McBroom JA, Garrison MM, Parisi
ology.1994;190:31-5.
MT. Revised ultrasound criteria for appendicitis in children improve
28. Gamanagatti S, Vashisht S, Kapoor A, Chumber S, Bal S. Compari-
diagnostic accuracy. Pediatr Radiol. 2011;41:993–99.
son ofgraded compression ultrasonography and unenhanced spiral
3. Maa J, Kirkwood KS. The Appendix. In: Courtney M, Townsend JR,
computed tomography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Singa-
editors. Sabiston the Text book Of Surgery the Biological Basis of
pore Med J. 2007;48:80-7.
modern surgical practice. Philadelphia: Saunders- Elsevier; 2010. p.
29. Jeffrey RB Jr, Laing FC, Townsend RR. Acute appendicitis: So-
1333-48.
nographic criteria based on 250 cases. Radiology. 1988;167:327-9.
4. Bhatt M, Joseph L, Ducharme FM, Dougherty G, McGillivray D.
30. Mos C, Ile T, Halbac M, Chis L, Vesa S, Andor S. Ultrasonographic
Pro- spective validation of the Pediatric Appendicitis Score in a Ca-
diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Med Ultrasonogr. 2009;11:7-18.
nadian pe- diatric emergency department. Acad Emerg Med.
31. Pacharn P, Ying J, Linam LE, Brody AS, Babcock DS. Sonography
2009;16:591-6.
in the evaluation of acute appendicitis: are negative sonographic find-
5. Widlus DM. CT scan for suspected acute appendicitis. J Community
ings good enough? J Ultrasound Med. 2010;29:1749-55.
Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2012;1(4):7.
32. Piyarom P, Kaewlai R. False-Negative appendicitis at ultrasound:
6. Shin CS, Roh YN, Kim JI. Delayed appendectomy versus early ap-
Nature and Association. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2014. Pii: S0301-
pendectomy in the treatment of acute appendicitis: a retrospective
5629(14)00087-8.
study. World J Emerg Surg. 2014;9(1):8.
33. Chan I, Bicknell SG, Graham M. Utility and diagnostic accuracy of
7. Chandrasegaram MD, Rothwell LA, An EI, Miller RJ. Pathologies of
sonography in detecting appendicitis in a community hospital. AJR
the appendix: a 10-year review of 4670 appendicectomy specimens.
Am J Roentgenol. 2005;184(6):1809-12.
ANZ J Surg. 2012;82(11):844-7.
34. Gracey D, McClure MJ. The impact of ultrasound in suspected acute
8. Andersson RE, Hugander A, Ravn H, Offenbartl K, Ghazi SH, Nys-
appendicitis. Clin Radiol. 2007;62(6):573-8 .
tröm PO, Olaison G. Repeated clinical and laboratory examinations
in patients with an equivocal diagnosis of appendicitis. World J Surg.
2000;24:479-85.
9. Walker AR, Segal I. What causes appendicitis? J Clin Gastroenterol.
1990;12:127-9.
10. Jaffe BM, Berger DH. Appendics. In: Brunicardi FC. Editors.
Schwartz‘s Principles of Surgery. 8th edition. New York: Mc Graw-
hill; 2004. p.1119-39.
11. Hatipoglu S, Hatipoglu F, Abdullayev R. Acute right lower ab-
dominal pain in women of reproductive age: clinical clues. World J
Gastroenterol. 2014;20(14):4043-9.
12. Kariman H, Shojaee M, Sabzghabaei A, Khatamian R, Derakhshan-
far H, Hatamabadi H. Evaluation of the Alvarado score in acute ab-
dominal pain. Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2014;20(2):86-90.
13. Hooshmand B, Shokouh-Saremi A, Noferesti A, Yaghoubi MA,
Elahifar A. Diagnostic accuracy of Alvarado score in the diagnosis
of acute appendicitis. Zahedan J Res Med Sci. 2011;13(8):18-21.
14. Laal M, Granpaye L, Khodadi F, Salavatipour A, Sadeghi A R. So-
nography versus the Alvarado Scoring System for the diagnosis of
acute appendicitis. Tehran Univ Med J. 2008;66(6):408-12.
15. Sivit CJ. Imaging the child with right lower quadrant pain and sus-
pected appendicitis: current concepts. Pediatr Radiol. 2004;34:447-
53.
16. Rothrock SG, Pagane J. Acute appendicitis in children: emergency
department diagnosis and management. Ann Emerg Med.
2000;36:39-51.
17. Smink DS, Finkelstein JA, Garcia Pen˜a BM, Shannon MW, Taylor
GA, Fishman SJ. Diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children using a
clinical practice guideline. J Pediatr Surg. 2004;39:458-63.
18. Rasmussen OO, Hoffmann J. Assessment of the reliability of the
symptoms and signs of acute appendicitis. J R Coll Surg Ed-
inb.1991;36:372-7.
19. Hahn H, Hoepner FU, Kalle T, et al. Sonography of acute appendici-
tis in children: 7 years experience. Pediatr Radiol. 1998;28:147-51.
20. Schulte B, Beyer D, Kaiser C, Horsch S,Wiater A. Ultrasonography
in suspected acute appendicitis in childhood-report of 1285 cases. Eur
J Ultrasound. 1998;8:177-82.
21. Pen˜a BMG, Taylor GA, Fishman SJ, Mandl KD. Costs and effec-
tiveness of ultrasonography and limited computed tomography for di-
agnosing appendicitis in children. Pediatrics. 2000;106:672-6.
22. Dilley A, Wesson D, Munden M, et al. The impact of ultrasound ex-
aminations on the management of children with suspected appendi-
citis: a 3-year analysis. J Pediatr Surg. 2001;36:303-8.
23. Amanallahi A, Rezaee M, Golpazir Sorkhe A. Comparing the results
of abdominal ultrasonography and Alvarado clinical criteria in pa-
tients with suspected appendicitis and abdominal ultrasound effect of
reducing the negative appendectomy. Kermanshah S J. 2012;16(1):7-
23.
24. Mohammadi A, Khodabakhsh F. Sensitivity and Specificity of Ultra-
sonography in Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis. Journal of Babol
University of Medical Sciences. 2009;11(3):42-7.
25. Riazi A, Tavakoli Rishehri R, Karimi AA, Farzaneh MR, Eghbali SS.
Sonography in the diagnosis of acute Appendicitis. Iranian South
Med J. 2003;6(1):37-44.