The role of MRI for clinically suspected appendicitis during pregnancy

A 31 years female with approximately 20 weeks of gestation attends the emergency department of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) reporting pain in the lower abdomen radiating to the right iliac fossa. After clinical and laboratory examination, the clinical diagnosis of appendicitis was...

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Main Authors: André Luis Bergamaschi Zilio, Juliana Avila Duarte, Fabricio Bergelt Souza, Letícia Maffazzioli Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 2016-01-01
Series:Clinical and Biomedical Research
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Online Access:http://seer.ufrgs.br/hcpa/article/view/58926