Day: September 5, 2023

School ager with right lower quadrant pain

CT of carcinoid tumor of the appendix
Axial CT with contrast of the abdomen (above) shows on top of the right psoas muscle and right iliac vessels in the right lower quadrant a dilated, fluid-filled tubular structure containing a calcification . Coronal CT (below) shows two calcifications within the tubular structure which is just medial to the cecum and surrounded by inflammatory changes.

The diagnosis was acute appendicitis with multiple appendicoliths. Pathological examination additionally revealed a carcinoid tumor of the appendix.