For the assessment of the diagnostic value of real-time ultrasonography (US) in children with suspected acute appendicitis (a.A.) the results of graded compression US are compared with clinical and histological final diagnoses.
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Academic Teaching Hospital Cologne-Porz, University of Cologne Medical School, Urbacher Weg 19, Krankenhaus Porz am Rhein, D-51149, Köln, Germany.