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Acute Appendicitis

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The appendix, also known as the vermiform process or processus vermiformis, is a long (2–20 cm), narrow, tubular diverticulum, which starts from the apex of the cecum and extends posteromedially. The appendix is most commonly retrocecal (58%), pelvic (22%), or paracecal (12%).

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  1. Division of Emergency Radiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Ajay Singh MD

  2. Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Ajay Singh MD

  3. Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Mohammad Mansouri MD, MPH & Robert A. Novelline BSc, MD, FACR, FASER

  4. Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Benjamin M. Yeh MD

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Singh, A., Mansouri, M., Yeh, B.M., Novelline, R.A. (2018). Acute Appendicitis. In: Singh, A. (eds) Emergency Radiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65397-6_3

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