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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-12-29
pubmed:abstractText
One hundred seventy consecutive patients with clinical suggestion of acute appendicitis were studied by ultrasound (US) with the examiner using the graded compression technique. In 14 patients, the only US findings consisted of enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes in combination with mural thickening of the terminal ileum. This was consistent with the findings at surgery in four patients and with the results of barium studies in seven patients. In nine of 14 patients, stool cultures were performed, eight of which were positive for Yersinia enterocolitica. None of these 14 patients finally proved to have appendicitis. In a patient with acute pain in the right lower quadrant whose appendix cannot be visualized sonographically and whose US findings consist of enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes and mural thickening of the terminal ileum, the diagnosis is probably mesenteric adenitis and acute terminal ileitis. Appendectomy should be avoided in this condition.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0033-8419
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
161
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
691-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Mesenteric adenitis and acute terminal ileitis: US evaluation using graded compression.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article