Marcela De la Hoz Polo MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Oscar Pozuelo Segura, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Cristina Delgado MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Stefano Pasetto MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Albert Anguera, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

  1. To review the anatomy of the right iliac fossa 2. To review the pathological conditions, surgical and nonsurgical, that cause right flank pain 3. To discuss the uses of CT scan in the diagnosis of abdominal pain. A series of challenging cases would be used to improve accuracy on the radiographic diagnostic of these pathologies.  

1.Introduction: Right lower quadrant abdominal pain represents an every day challenge for clinicians. The most common assumption is that this pain represents acute appendicitis, however, it is critical and imperative for physicians to keep the differential broad.The combination of patient symptoms and clinical findings will help direct the diagnosis and, in most cases, a suspected diagnosis will be confirmed or disproved by an imaging study. 2. Anatomy of the right iliac fossa 3. Cases : are presented in a quiz format followed by review of the radiology findings and clinical manifestations. The list of cases includes: Acute appendicitis and its complications, appendiceal mucocele, mesenteric adenitis, cecal diverticulitis, epiploic appendagitis , omental infart, Typhlitis, Crohn disease, foreign body (clam), gauzoma, intussuception,  Meckel diverticulum, carcinoid tumor and some other tumoral lesions. 4. Summary        

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De la Hoz Polo, M, Pozuelo Segura, O, Delgado, C, Pasetto, S, Anguera, A, Not all Right Flank Pain Is Appendicitis.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14005397.html