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Appendicitis in Young Children: Imaging Experience and Clinical Outcomes

¹ Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.

OBJECTIVE. Our purpose was to evaluate the imaging characteristics and clinical outcomes of children less than 5 years old who underwent surgery for presumed appendicitis.

CONCLUSION. Appendicitis is not rare in young children and imaging findings reflect the high frequency of perforation in this population.

Keywords: abdominal imaging • CT • pediatric imaging • sonography

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