Clinical Features:
A middle-aged male patient came with severe right lower abdominal pain.
Ultrasound Features:
A blind-ended, distended, non-compressible, tubular structure of intestinal origin, connected to adjacent caecum with the presence of gut signature & surrounding echogenic thick fat layer is noted at the right iliac fossa.
Remember:
Localized collection adjacent to an inflamed appendix should be assessed carefully by magnifying the field of view to exclude perforation.
Ultrasound Images:
Fig: Inflammed vermiform appendix
Fig: Inflammed vermiform appendix; Diameter: 10mm
Fig: Inflammed vermiform appendix
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