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Fig. 2B. 19-year-old woman who presented in emergency department
reporting 10 hr of increasing cramping pain radiating to right lower quadrant.
Coronal reformation of MDCT scan shows portion of normal contrast-filled
appendix (arrows), adjacent to gas-filled sigmoid colon. Appendix has
no wall thickening or adjacent inflammation. In this patient, coronal
reformations aided in identification of normal appendix, and acute
appendicitis could be ruled out with high degree of confidence.