Journal article
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Right Lower Quadrant Pain: 2022 Update
Abstract
This document focuses on imaging in the adult and pregnant populations with right lower quadrant (RLQ) abdominal pain, including patients with fever and leukocytosis. Appendicitis remains the most common surgical pathology responsible for RLQ abdominal pain in the United States. Other causes of RLQ pain include right colonic diverticulitis, ureteral stone, and infectious enterocolitis. Appropriate imaging in the diagnosis of appendicitis has …
Authors
Imaging POG; Kambadakone AR; Santillan CS; Kim DH; Fowler KJ; Birkholz JH; Camacho MA; Cash BD; Dane B; Felker RA
Journal
Journal of the American College of Radiology, Vol. 19, No. 11, pp. s445–s461
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2022
DOI
10.1016/j.jacr.2022.09.011
ISSN
1546-1440