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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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