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An ultrasound may show appendiceal inflammation, gallbladder disease, and pregnancy. However, the most common imaging test that is used to diagnose appendicitis is the CT scan, which can: Provide a series of cross-sectional images of the body.
tically signiï¬cant compared with children in the study group with an appendicolith and ab-dominal pain, but without appendicitis (p = 0.02). CONCLUSION. Although an appendicolith is signiï¬cantly associated with appendicitis, the detection of an isolated appendicolith on CT is not sufï¬ciently speciï¬c to be the sole basis for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. or the diagnosis of appendicitis in