Teenager with fever, elevated WBC and right lower quadrant pain

Gastrointestinal
US of acute appendicitis
Sagittal US of the right lower quadrant shows a noncompressible blind ending J-shaped tubular structure (in the upper half of the image) with a transverse diameter of 8 mm with periappendiceal hyperechogenicty of the periappendiceal fat.

The diagnosis was acute appenditicis.

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