Abstract
Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of emergency abdominal surgery. A review of recent literature utilizing sonography for evaluation of appendicitis demonstrates a range of specificity from 95% to 100% and sensitivity of 80% to 89%. Using sonography to assess a patient for appendicitis may assist in differentiating this entity from an ovulating patient thus reducing false-positive surgeries.
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